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Man in court for sodomising boy (12) in school toilet
06 Jun 2014 at 08:06hrs | Views
A BULAWAYO man has been arraigned for allegedly sodomising a 12-year-old pupil in a school toilet.
Nkosentsha King Ndlovu, 19, of Lobengula West, appeared before regional magistrate Crispen James Mberewere facing a charge of aggravated indecent assault.
Prosecuting, Trust Mudume, told the court that on June 11 last year at around 11AM, the minor went into the boys' toilet at Mawaba Primary School in Lobengula to relieve himself.
Ndlovu and an unknown friend entered the toilet and allegedly closed the juvenile's mouth.
"They allegedly forced him to bend down, removed his shorts and underwear before Ndlovu sodomised him. After the act, Ndlovu is alleged to have threatened the juvenile with a knife if he told anyone about the incident," said Mudume.
The schoolboy went back to class but did not tell his teacher as he had been threatened.
The issue only came to light after three days when the pupil's mother noticed that he had been unusually quiet after coming back from school and always complained of stomach pains.
When quizzed, he opened up to his mother who later made a report to the police.
The boy told the police that he knew the person who had sodomised him as he often saw him accompanying a Grade Zero pupil to school in the morning.
Ndlovu and a friend Nkosiphile Phiri, who accompanied the Grade Zero pupil to school, were both arrested. The boy later picked out Ndlovu as the man who sodomised him during an identification parade conducted at Magwegwe Police Station.
The boy told the court that he was positive it was Ndlovu who had abused him in the toilet because he often saw him sitting with friends at a bridge near the school gate.
Ndlovu is denying the charges.
"I only collect the boy from school in the afternoon and I am not the one who did it, it must be a case of mistaken identity," he said. The trial continues today.
Nkosentsha King Ndlovu, 19, of Lobengula West, appeared before regional magistrate Crispen James Mberewere facing a charge of aggravated indecent assault.
Prosecuting, Trust Mudume, told the court that on June 11 last year at around 11AM, the minor went into the boys' toilet at Mawaba Primary School in Lobengula to relieve himself.
Ndlovu and an unknown friend entered the toilet and allegedly closed the juvenile's mouth.
"They allegedly forced him to bend down, removed his shorts and underwear before Ndlovu sodomised him. After the act, Ndlovu is alleged to have threatened the juvenile with a knife if he told anyone about the incident," said Mudume.
The schoolboy went back to class but did not tell his teacher as he had been threatened.
The issue only came to light after three days when the pupil's mother noticed that he had been unusually quiet after coming back from school and always complained of stomach pains.
When quizzed, he opened up to his mother who later made a report to the police.
The boy told the police that he knew the person who had sodomised him as he often saw him accompanying a Grade Zero pupil to school in the morning.
Ndlovu and a friend Nkosiphile Phiri, who accompanied the Grade Zero pupil to school, were both arrested. The boy later picked out Ndlovu as the man who sodomised him during an identification parade conducted at Magwegwe Police Station.
The boy told the court that he was positive it was Ndlovu who had abused him in the toilet because he often saw him sitting with friends at a bridge near the school gate.
Ndlovu is denying the charges.
"I only collect the boy from school in the afternoon and I am not the one who did it, it must be a case of mistaken identity," he said. The trial continues today.
Source - Chronicle
