A woman from Chikanga Village, Chief Chingoma, Mberengwa, was arrested after she allegedly offered to a minor girl (15) to have sex with a young man (18).
It is alleged that the 18-year-old man had attempted to rape the girl earlier but failed. The woman is related to both the man and the girl. The 18-year-old man is his son and the 15-year-old girl is her granddaughter.
The man is alleged to have raped his niece with the assistance of his mother who persuaded her granddaughter to have sexual intercourse with him. The man allegedly had intercourse with his niece several times after her grandmother promised her some money.
Prosecutor Ali Mutause told the court that sometime in August 2022, at around 9 PM, the accused went to the minor’s homestead and knocked at her bedroom door.
The court heard that the girl refused to open and the accused went away and returned in the company of her grandmother.
The juvenile then opened the door after she heard her grandmother’s voice.The grandmother instructed the complainant to have sex with the accused and left the two alone. It is alleged that the accused tried to have sex with the minor but failed after she bit his hand.
The following day, the grandmother and the accused returned again and she promised the complainant some money if she slept with the accused.
She complied and the accused raped her on different occasions from then on until 12 September 2022.The court heard that at some stage, the grandmother persuaded the girl to get married to her ex-boyfriend. The grandmother once assaulted the girl’s ex-boyfriend accusing him of having an affair with her granddaughter.
It was further alleged that on 13 September 2022, the girl’s grandmother escorted her to the former boyfriend’s homestead and left her left there, but she returned the following day.
When the girl arrived home her grandmother forced her to go back to her former boyfriend but she refused. On 06 January 2023, the grandmother chased her away and she reportedly spent two days in the bush.
On 08 January 2023, the complaint’s stepmother summoned her to her place and the girl opened up to her stepmother about what had happened. The stepmother then escorted the girl to Musume Hospital where they were referred to the Police.
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