The girl who hails from Masekesa Village under Chief Gampu
was eight years when she fell pregnant.
She later gave birth to a baby girl via cesarean section at
United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) where she was being attended to by specialists.
Her father was arrested as part of investigations after it
became difficult to figure out who was responsible for impregnating the
juvenile.
While police released him from custody after the DNA
results exonerated him, he still had a case of rape pending at the courts.
The DNA results proved that the minor was raped and
impregnated by her 13-year-old cousin.
The 27-year-old whose name is withheld to protect the
juvenile could not control his tears after the ruling.
In his ruling, Dzira said the court has no reason to hold
him as the recent DNA results from National University of Science and
Technology (NUST) exonerated him.
“The state has decided to set you free since the DNA
results from NUST have proven you innocent. The court hereby withdraws the
charges laid against you,” he said.
It was the State’s case that the juvenile’s father in an
attempt to conceal the crime would tell the complainant that there were some
creatures (goblins) which entered through the window and slept with her. CITE
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