14 Year Old Boy R@.pe 24 Year Mentally Challenged Woman
A 14-year-old Zimbabwe boy was sentenced to four strokes of
the cane for allegedly raping his neighbour who is a 24-year-old
mentally challenged women.
MyZimbabwe reports that the boy who is a Grade Six pupil had invited
the woman to his house after her mother left her at home and ra,ped her.
The Chitungwiza Regional Magistrate Court handed him the sentence
after he pleaded guilty to the charges of ra.pe before magistrate
Estere Chivasa, who sentenced him to receive a moderate punishment of
the cane.
In handing down the sentence, Chivasa took into account that the boy
was a juvenile and sending him to prison would be too harsh.
However, on the other hand, the magistrate said letting the boy walk scot-free would trivialise the matter.
“It is the court’s duty to see that mentally-challenged people are
protected. Letting the accused free will trivialise the matter and the
community will lose confidence with the courts, hence a moderate
sentence would meet justice to the case,” ruled Chivasa.
The prosecutor Tendai Mukariri, proved that the boy went to his
neighbour’s house at around 1pm after the woman’s mother left her alone
when she went to water their garden.
After realising that the woman was alone at home, the boy approached
her and ordered her to accompany him to his house. The woman complied
and upon arrival, the boy invited her into his bedroom and raped her.
However, he ran out of luck after a fellow villager spotted him
taking the woman inside the house. The villager peeped through the
window and saw the boy sexually assaulting the woman. After that, the
villager informed the woman’s mother about the sexual assault.