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A 19-year-old maid from Bulawayo, who allegedly sneaked into her employer’s eight-year-old son’s blankets and sexually abused him, was yesterday further remanded.The woman from Emganwini suburb appeared before Western Commonage magistrate, Mr Maphios Moyo facing aggravated indecent assault charges.
She was further remanded out of custody to 13 August on $50 bail.
The prosecutor, Ms Fiona Ncube, said on 26 June at about 8pm, the accused was watching television in the lounge with the complainant.
The boy then went to his room, which he shared with the accused to sleep leaving her alone.
The court was told that the accused later followed the boy and found him already asleep.
She allegedly sneaked into the complainant’s blankets and held his head before she started kissing him.
The complainant woke up and pushed the accused away. The following day at around the same time, the accused was sleeping in the same room with the complainant when she woke him up.
She then allegedly ordered the boy to join her in her blankets amid threats to assault him if he resisted.
The boy complied out of fear.
The court was told that the accused started caressing the boy’s private parts while at the same time kissing him. She then removed the boy’s pair of trousers and sexually abused him.
Soon after committing the alleged offence, the accused threatened to assault the boy if he told anyone about what had transpired.
However, the complainant informed his mother who in turn reported the matter to the police leading to the accused’s arrest.
The boy was taken to hospital for medical examination.
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