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Teenager arrested for impregnating underage girl

by Staff reporter
07 Nov 2016 at 05:22hrs | Views

A BULAWAYO teenager has been arrested after he allegedly impregnated an underage girl.

Talent Maphosa (19) of Cowdray Park suburb appeared before Western Commonage magistrate Mr Stephen Ndhlovu charged with engaging in sex with a minor. He pleaded guilty and was remanded out of custody to tomorrow for continuation of trial.

It is the state's case that Maphosa had been in a relationship with the 15 year old girl, whose name has been withheld for ethical reasons but is from the same suburb.

Maphosa allegedly started having an affair with the minor sometime in February.

Between February and April 2016, the accused person invited the complainant to his house on several occasions were they engaged in consensual sex.

It is alleged that the matter came to light when the girl's grandmother noticed that the minor was pregnant and then demanded to know who the father of the baby was.

Maphosa told the magistrate that he did not know that the girl was a minor as she allegedly lied about her age to him.

Source - online