A Chitungwiza woman has been ordered to perform 420 hours
of community service for flushing her newborn baby down the toilet system.
Letwin Jeyi (18) was convicted of infanticide by
Chitungwiza magistrate Mrs Winfilder Tiatara. Mrs Tiafara initially sentenced
her to 18 months in prison, but one year was suspended on condition of good
behaviour.
The remaining six months were suspended on condition she
performs 420 hours of community service which she will perform at Chitungwiza
Magistrates Court.
The state proved that on February 23 at around 3.30 am,
Jeyi gave birth to a baby boy and flushed him down the toilet.
The matter came to light after one of the ladies who stays
at the same house with Jeyi found a lot of blood in the toilet and there was a
blood trail leading to her room. She also became suspicious after she
discovered that the toilet system had blocked.
She called the police who retrieved the body from the sewer
pipe and took it to Chitungwiza Central Hospital where it was certified dead by
Dr Mupini and Jeyi was admitted.
The post-natal report showed that the baby was a full term
weighing 2,4kg , 47cm tall and he died due to brain haemorrhage, brain trauma
and suffocation. Herald
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