Evil paedo who raped girl, 7, in a restaurant toilet is caged for life in gang-infested South African hellhole prison

AN evil paedo who raped a seven-year-old girl in a restaurant toilet as she begged for her mum has been caged for life.

Sick Nicholas Ninow, 21, will rot in South Africa's hellhole Kgosi Mampuru II jail - where prison gangs rape 'disobedient' lags to infect them with HIV.

The perv - handed a life sentence at North Gauteng High Court yesterday afternoon - watched his victim in the play area before following her into the bathroom.

Ninow, who has also admitted possession of illegal substances, blamed the rape on the effect of drugs, and said that he had “impulsively” sexually assaulted the child when she went into the women’s bathroom at Dros.

The girl’s mum told the court that she had to forcibly push open the toilet door, as Ninow was trying to hold it closed.

All the while, she could hear her terrified girl crying out, saying “please help me”.

The mum, with the help of restaurant staff, struggled to get inside.

She explained: “And as we pushed harder, the person inside said ‘what do you want? You are disturbing me'.

After they managed to force the door open, she grabbed her daughter, and removed her from the bathroom.

But, she said, the image of Ninow running out of the toilet naked, and into the men’s toilets shocked her.

After she gave her daughter to another woman to look after, she followed him into the men’s bathroom, where she found him “wiping his private parts with my daughter’s tights and underwear.

“I asked him why he was flushing my daughter’s clothing, but he didn’t respond.”

Witnesses said that Ninow, who had been sitting next to Dros’ play area on September 22, was “clearly high and drunk”.

After the rape, photos were published showing him naked and covered in blood after an angry mob confronted him.

CAGED FOR LIFE IN HELLHOLE NICK

Although his defence lawyers said he had a history of mental illness, including depression and bipolar disorder, he was considered fit to stand trial, after undergoing an evaluation at a psychiatric hospital.

Kgosi Mampuru II - dubbed The Factory of Death - is ruled by a hardened prison gang who rape and extort new inmates for fun.

The gangs even use HIV as punishment, infecting those who are disobedient.

Jailed sprinter Oscar Pistorius is among the nick's 7,000 inmates.

Prisoners are kept on a tight leash and are said to spend up to 23 hours a day in their cramped cells.

The tiny quarters have little luxury with the bare minimum given to the hardened criminals imprisoned there.

The prison has a terrifying history, gaining notoriety for being the main site for hangings during the apartheid era.