Zim Now Writer
A 52-year-old man, Owen Mukono of Nyatsime in Chitungwiza has been arrested for cohabiting with a 2-year-old girl, whose parents had assumed she had gone missing.
Mukono reportedly stayed with the girl since November last year until his arrest last week.
Mashonaland East police spokesperson Inspector Bernard Chazovachii confirmed the case, saying the girl used to run away from school to live with her grandparents in Zengeza.
“When her grandparents took her back to her mother in November, she met the accused person, who promised to secure a job for her.”
Insp Chazovachii said the girl has since been taken to a safe place, awaiting medical examinations, while investigations continue.
“The accused person is in custody, and is to appear in court soon facing rape charges,” Insp Chazovachii said.
A close relative of the girl said that Mukono even tried to introduce the minor to his family members with the aim of taking her as his wife, but they refused, adding that the girl had lost a mobile phone and that caused her to be afraid of coming back home.
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