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A 34-year-old lawyer employed by the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has been slapped with an 18-year-jail term for raping his friend’s four-year-old daughter.
Mike Mudara had took guardianship of the said minor after the child’s father was detained by police for being involved in a physical violence with another man.
Mudara appeared at the Gokwe Magistrate Court.
In a statement, the National Prosecution Authority, announced that the matter came to light when the minor’s aunt saw her scratching her private parts.
“The National Prosecuting Authority told the court that some time early last year, the accused person being a friend to the father of the four-year-old complainant took her to his home for her personal safety and security after the father had been involved in a physical brawl with an unknown man.
“When they got to the accused person’s house he asked the complainant to lie down on the sofa, removed her underwear and raped her.
“He told her that he was applying some medicine onto her and afterwards he threatened to beat her if she told her father of the incident.
“The matter came to light when the complainant’s aunt saw her scratching her private parts and asked why she was doing so. The complainant then told the aunt about the incident, leading to the arrest of the accused person,” reads part of the statement.
The NPA called for a stiffer penalty since the offender was a custodian of the justice delivery system.
“The National Prosecuting Authority aggravated for a stiff penalty as the accused person is an employee in the justice delivery sector who knows better about the protection of children and their rights,” said the NPA.
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