14-Year-Old Chipinge Boy Jailed For Raping A 10-Year-Old Girl
14- Year-Old Chipinge Boy Jailed For Raping A 10- Year-Old Girl. The juvenile appeared before Chipinge Magistrate Christopher Maturure facing rape charges. It is in the States case that on May 20 last year (2020) at around 1400 hours the complainant was herding cattle at Budirirai village, some 2 km from the accused’ s homestead.
14-Year-Old Chipinge Boy Jailed For Raping A 10-Year-Old Girl
A 14-year-old boy from Rimbi village under chief Musikavanhu, Chipinge was recently sentenced to four months in prison for raping a 10-year-old girl.
The juvenile appeared before Chipinge Magistrate Christopher Maturure facing rape charges.
He pleaded guilty to one count of rape as defined in Section 65(1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act) Chapter 9.23.
It is in the States case that on May 20 last year (2020) at around 1400 hours the complainant was herding cattle at Budirirai village, some 2km from the accused’s homestead.
The accused, who was also herding cattle in the same area, then asked the complainant for sexual pleasures but she refused and moved a distance away.
The accused followed the complainant and pushed her down to the ground before removing the girl’s underwear and raped her once.
The complainant went home and did not tell anyone about the incident.
The matter only came to light the next morning after the complainant refused to go to herd cattle as she was scared of the accused.
She only opened up after having been pressured and went on to tell her mother what had happened.
Her parents reported the matter to the accused’s parents and the police leading to his arrest.
The complainant was taken to St Peters Hospital where she was medically examined and the results indicated that she was raped.
In another similar case reported by iHarare, two teenagers from How Mine Secondary School were arrested after they allegedly raped a seven-year-old girl at a community hall.
The two suspects aged 14 and 15 years old reportedly gave the victim some sweets to buy her silence.
Cases of rape have been on the rise in Zimbabwe. According to ZBC News, Zimbabwe recorded 503 rape cases in January 2021.
Msasa Project director Precious Taru revealed that there was a huge lead in rape cases between January 2020 and January 2021. She said most of the sexual violence recorded in Zimbabwe is being perpetrated by strangers.
She called for the government to set stiffer penalties for would-be perpetrators so as to create a safe environment for children and women.
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