The Sunday News
Tendai Bhebe, Sunday News Reporter
FATHERS are meant to be role models but for an 11-year-old boy from Nkayi sometimes he wishes he did not have one after his father allegedly sodomised him on more than two occasions.
Not even the endless pleas and crying from the boy could stop the man from committing such a heinous crime on his own flesh. The man who cannot be named to protect the boy pleaded guilty when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Mr Joseph Mabeza last week to charges of aggravated indecent assault as defined in section 66(1)(a)(ii) of the criminal law codification and reform act chapter 9:23.
He was remanded in custody to tomorrow for sentencing. Prosecuting, Ms Tarisai Kamema said on 5 November 2018 at around 11pm, the boy was in his bedroom with his younger brother who is two years old and they were asleep.
The father came from his bedroom and entered his son’s bedroom as it was unlocked. Armed with a torch, he lifted the boy like a caring father and took him to his bedroom. He put him on his bed and little did he know that his father was up to no good. The father then removed the son’s clothes and sodomised him.
The court heard that the son screamed in pain but no one came to his rescue. The father ordered the young boy to keep quiet, dress up and return to his bedroom. Out of fear he did not tell anyone.
The court heard that on 11 November 2018 at around midnight, the father again went to his son’s bedroom and repeated his mission. He took the boy to his bedroom and again sodomised him while he was crying and calling for help.
While crying for help, the boy threatened to report the father to his teacher but the father promised to give him $2. However, the next day, during a guidance and counselling lesson the boy narrated what had happened to him to the teacher who helped the boy to report the matter to ZRP Inyathi leading to the arrest of the father.
The boy was referred to the hospital for medical examination.
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