Zim Now Writer
A-22-year-old herdboy from Tsholotsho has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by Bulawayo magistrate Dambudzo Malunga for raping and impregnating an 11-year-old girl who later suffered a miscarriage.
Sengezile Ndlovu was charged with rape.
He pleaded not guilty but 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.
The court heard 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 girl 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, the court heard.
Her mother noticed that she was unwell and was bleeding and she took her to Tsholotsho District Hospital for treatment.
At the hospital it was discovered that she had been pregnant and had suffered a miscarriage.
When she was questioned, she revealed that she was raped by Ndlovu and the matter was reported to police leading to his arrest.
Constance Tatenda Mathaba prosecuted.
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