EIGHT street kids have appeared in court for taking turns
to sodomise a 12-year-old boy whom they had drugged for more than a week after
he ran away from home in Bulawayo.
Thembinkosi Siziba (22), Elton Ndlovu (19), Tafadzwa Zvou
(19) and five other minors who cannot be named for ethical reasons yesterday
appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Mr Franklin Mkhwananzi facing charges of
aggravated indecent assault.
The magistrate remanded them in custody to June 20 and
advised them to apply for bail at the High Court.
Magistrate Mkhwananzi said he was remanding them in custody
because they were of no fixed abode as they live on the streets.
The court heard that the boy who was sodomised ran away
from home after his grandmother had said she wanted to beat him up as a way of
disciplining him.
Prosecuting, Mr Nkathazo Dlodlo said on May 24 this year,
the 12-year-old boy ran away from home after being reprimanded by his
grandmother.
“The complainant met one of the accused persons who took
him to a disused building at Corner 11th Avenue and JMN Nkomo Street, Bulawayo
where they met the rest of the accused persons.
“While at the building they made the complainant sniff
drugs resulting in him passing out,” said Mr Dlodlo.
He said the accused persons took turns to sodomise him
until he passed out.
Mr Dlodlo said the complainant woke up on the following day
feeling pain in his anus.
“The 12-year-old boy spent a week staying with the accused
persons and would be given drugs to knock him out everyday so they would take
turns to sodomise him. He always woke up undressed and his anus would be
painful and soiled,” he said.
Mr Dlodlo said the complainant was picked up by some
well-wishers who took him back home on June 1. The complainant told his mother
about what had happened and the matter was reported to the police.
The boy was medically examined and the medical report was
produced in court as an exhibit. Chronicle
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