Sodomy earns man seven-year jail term

He frog-marched them into the yard where he assaulted the younger of the two as punishment and released him.

Matswai dragged the nine-year-old into the house and molested him.
After the sinister act, he released the minor and threatened to assault him if he revealed the abuse to anyone.

When the minor arrived home he narrated his ordeal to his sister who later told their mother.
The boy’s mother reported the matter to the police leading to Matswai’s arrest.

When his trial opened before Chitungwiza regional magistrate Ms Estere Chivasa, Matswai denied aggravated indecent assault charges but was convicted after prosecutor Mr Henry Muringani proved a strong case against him.

Ms Chivasa sentenced him to 12 years in prison but set aside five years on condition of good behaviour.