Grade 2 pupil makes sexual advances on classmates

A grade two pupil caused a stir in class when he poked his classmates with his penis during lessons at a school in Lobengula township, exposing his alleged sexual abuse by an 18-year-old woman when he was questioned by the authorities on his strange behavior.
The alleged sexual abuser, Gugulethu Mpofu, Thursday  appeared before magistrate Mark Dzira at the Bulawayo Regional Court charged with aggravated indecent assault of the minor. According to a psychiatrist's report which was presented in court, the boy suffered "mild mental retardation" as a result of the alleged sexual abuse.
It is the State's case that on a date unknown to the prosecutor but in 2009 Mpofu called the boy into her home to collect a pen and apples while he was playing outside with his friends. The woman allegedly ordered the young boy to undress while she also removed her undergarments and lied on the floor with her legs open.
She allegedly asked the boy to lie on top and forced him to make sexual movements. Mpofu allegedly stood up after a while and ordered the boy to suck her breasts and he complied. She then ordered the boy to put on his clothes and go home and promised to beat him if he ever told anyone about the incident.
The child only revealed the case to his teacher who questioned him after he caused a stir in class when he started poking other children with his penis.
His grandmother was summoned to the school and she reported the matter to the police.
The child's grandmother testified yesterday in court, narrating the ordeal as told to her by her grandchild.
"He (the victim) was questioned in my presence and he revealed the truth. When the teacher asked where he had learnt what he was doing, he said he had been taught by Gugu. The teacher indicated that this was child abuse and I should report to the police," explained the grandmother.
"He said he told her that he was scared when she asked him to remove his clothes but she forced him, threatening to beat him. She asked him to lie down and remove his penis and hold it up. He complied and the accused person also removed her underwear which was red in colour. She instructed him to suck her breast and asked him if it was tasty and he said yes, through fear."
Mpofu however denied the allegations.
"I was not at that house when the offence was committed," she said.   
"I did not live there; I had relocated as I was now married. There were always people at that house, there is no way I could have committed the crime," she told the court.
The matter was remanded to April 14.