An investigation by The Mirror shows that the traumatised
juvenile mother (name concealed to protect her) has refused to breastfeed the
child she sired after being raped by her biological father.
She also recently dumped the child and left to join her
mother’s family in Gutu. The Mirror investigations showed that the innocent
baby is now under the care of a well-known orphanage in Shurugwi.
The accused father (name supplied) who stays in Shurugwi
Sebanga Extension appeared recently before Shurugwi Magistrate Percy Mukumba
and was remanded in prison to August 11, 2021.
Prosecutor Tafadzwa Guzete said that on October 9, 2020,
the accused brought her daughter to Chrome Mine Site Lundi Bridge Shurugwi
where he raped her on several occasions after telling her that he was
fulfilling certain rituals. The complainant got pregnant.
The matter came to light when the complainant narrated the
story to her maternal grandmother who reported the case to Police.
After giving birth the complainant insisted that she was
not going to breastfeed a child born out of incestuous engagement with her
father. The maternal grandmother called the Department of Social Welfare which
took the child to an orphanage.
The court is waiting DNA results to prove paternity. Masvingo Mirror
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