A-15-year-old Nyanga boy who could not control his appetite
for sex and abused a cousin (22) with auditory and hearing challenges on
several occasions till she got pregnant has been convicted and jailed for two
years.
The boy, who was convicted on his own plea of guilty, was
however lucky to escape jail after Rusape regional magistrate Mr Livingstone
Chipadza suspended the whole custodial sentence for the next five years on
condition of good behaviour.
He will instead get five strokes. The boy is in Form Two
and the victim has since given birth to a baby girl.
Rusape district prosecutor Mr Tirivanhu Mutyasira said the
boy took advantage of their grandmother’s absence to abuse the complainant. The
complainant attempted to alert her grandmother of the abuse, but the granny
failed to grasp sign language.
“On an unknown date, but sometime during the year 2017 the
complainant was left home in the company of the accused person and other four
children aged between four and six years while her grandmother attended an all
night church service.
“After having supper, the complainant and other kids went
to sleep in a separate room with the accused. After the complainant had fallen
asleep, the accused person forced open the door and gained entry into her room.
“The accused then forced himself on the complainant and
threatened her with death if she screamed. In the following morning the
grandmother returned from church the complainant tried to relate to the
incident, but she could not grasp the sign language,” said Mr Mutyasira.
Mr Mutyasira added that the boy kept on abusing the
complainant who had given up reporting to her granny as she was not vested with
sign language.
“The complainant gave up on relaying her abuse to her
grandmother after realising that she could not interpret her sign language.
Sometime in November 2017 the complainant went to Harare
for the paralympics games and failed to compete due to stomach pains.
On her return, she informed her grandmother of the stomach
pains.
“The grandmother then examined her and realised that she
was pregnant. The grandmother then asked her what had happened and that is when
she wrote down the accused’s name on a piece of paper as being responsible.
“The grandmother then summoned and probed the accused and
he confessed. A police report was then made leading to his arrest,” said Mr
Mutyasira. Manica Post
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