The accused who cannot be named appeared before a Chivhu magistrate.
He pleaded guilty. According to Midweek Watch, the man kept the boy in the bush
for four days and sexually assaulted him.
The court heard that on the 16th day of May 2024 at
Gwatidzo village the accused person met the complainant on his way back from
school. He lured him into a nearby bush by telling him that he had been sent by
his mother to collect him after school.
He kept the boy in
the bush for several days before he was caught on the 20th of May 2024. A few
days after the boy went missing again, the grandmother was informed that the
child had been seen in the area, in the company of the accused person.
The villagers formed a search party leading to the accused
person’s arrest. The child told his grandmother about the sexual abuse and the
accused person was arrested.
The accused person was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment
for the first count of kidnapping and on the second count he was sentenced to
20 years imprisonment.
He will serve 24
years effectively
