This can easily describe a Nyamandlovu man in Matabeleland
North province who allegedly sodomised his two-year-old daughter who suffered
hell for days passing blood every time she relieved herself. The 34-year-old
man appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate, Mr Joseph Mabeza, last Friday
facing charges of rape. He was not asked to plead and was remanded in custody to
Friday for trial.
Prosecuting, Mr Acument Khupe told the court that on 10
January at around 6am, the man was left in custody of their daughter by his
wife who went to do some piece jobs in the village. The court heard that when
the mother came back in the afternoon, she discovered that the toddler had a
running stomach and she was passing out blood. She prepared a salt and sugar
solution for her but the running tummy did not stop.
The court heard that four days later the toddler had not
improved and the mother took her to Nyamandlovu Hospital where nurses examined
her. She reportedly told the nurses that “u-daddy ungihlabe lapha” (daddy
inserted on my back).
Further examinations by the medical staff indicated that
the girl had been sodomised. A police report was eventually made by the mother
to ZRP Nyamandlovu, leading to the man’s arrest. Sunday News
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