adminAngeline Mpofu Court Reporter
A MAN from Bulawayo’s Queens Park suburb and his 15-year-old niece stunned their family when they were allegedly caught being intimate, a magistrate heard.
Their names cannot be published because the girl is still a minor.
It is said the two have been sleeping together since April this year.
Bulawayo magistrate Sibongile Msipa heard how the two were caught pants down being intimate in a bedroom. They are both facing charges of incest.
The two lovebirds have not been asked to plead.
Prosecuting, Mazwi Goto told the court that sometime in April, the man proposed love to his niece and she consented.
On unknown dates, the two allegedly indulged in sexual intercourse on two occasions at a family house in Woodville Park.
“The matter came to light when a relative noticed unusual behaviour between the two and became suspicious. He then caught them in the act and alerted other family members,” said Goto.
A report was made to the police leading to the arrest of the two.
The uncle was denied bail and remanded in custody while his niece was remanded in the custody of a relative in Makokoba suburb.
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