Zim Now Writer
A herdboy from Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North Province, has been sentenced to an effective 12 years behind bars for raping and impregnating an 11-year-old girl who later suffered a miscarriage.
Sengezile Ndlovu, 22, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga charged with rape.
Ndlovu, who pleaded not guilty, was convicted after a full trial and sentenced to 13 years in jail.
The magistrate suspended one year on condition that he does not commit a similar offence within a period of five years.
In his defence, Ndlovu said he assumed the girl was above the age of consent and he was also in love with her.
Prosecuting, Constance Tatenda Mathaba said that on an unknown date but sometime in October 2019, Ndlovu, who was employed as a herdboy by the victim’s parents, would sneak into her bedroom during the night and have sex with her.
He would threaten to kill the minor if ever she revealed the ordeal to anyone.
The minor kept the sexual attack to herself until she fell pregnant in December last year.
After that she started to bleed, Mathaba said.
Her mother noticed that she was not well and was bleeding and she took her to Tsholotsho District Hospital for treatment.
It was at the hospital that it was discovered the girl had been pregnant and had suffered a miscarriage.
She was quizzed and revealed that she was raped by Ndlovu.
The matter was reported to the police, leading to Ndlovu's arrest.
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