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A 15-year-old Bulawayo boy recently raped his three-year-old niece, a court heard.
Regional magistrate Sikhumbuzo Nyathi spared the juvenile jail sentence and ordered him to be canned twice by a prison officer for the crime.
“The accused is to receive a moderate corporal punishment of two strokes with a rattan cane to be administered in private by a designated prison officer,” ruled Nyathi.
The boy from Cowdray Park suburb pleaded guilty to the charge.
Prosecuting, Masimba Saruwaka said on May 1 this year at around 2PM, the juvenile was in the sitting room with the toddler while his grandmother was taking a bath.
He took advantage and had sexual intercourse with the toddler once without her consent.
“He was caught placing the baby in between his legs by his grandmother who then checked the toddler and discovered that her pant was spoiled with semen.The matter was reported at Luveve Police Station and a medical examination was conducted on the toddler,” said Saruwaka.
He said during investigations, the teenage boy revealed that he had been constantly abused by his cousin and that he committed the crime as he was craving for sex.
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