The girl got pregnant during last year’s lockdown. Mberengwa
Resident Magistrate Evia Matura wholly suspended 10 months of the sentence for
five years on condition that the accused does not commit a similar crime.
Sengani faced charges of having extra marital sexual
intercourse with a female juvenile below the age of 16. The juvenile who was
impregnated in 2020 gave birth through caesarian and the baby died soon
afterwards.
The complainant was in Grade 7 in 2020 when the offence was
committed. In the said month, the accused proposed love to the juvenile and she
agreed. During the same period, the complainant’s mother visited her husband in
West Nicholson and left the complainant with her young brothers at home. The
accused then visited the juvenile on several nights in April and May and they
had sex.
The matter came to light when the complainant’s mother came
back in July 2020 and noticed that her daughter vomited every morning. The
juvenile then disclosed that she was pregnant with the accused.
The complainant delivered a baby girl by cesarean on
January 12, 2021 but the baby died. Hatidaishe
Pavazhira was for the State. Masvingo Mirror
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