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Man (24) gets two years for bedding juvenile (15)
25 Nov 2012 at 21:57hrs | Views
A 24-year-old man has been jailed for two years for bedding a 15-year-old girl. The man admitted to being intimate with a minor when he appeared in court. Beitbridge resident magistrate Miss Gloria
In passing sentence, Miss Takundwa noted that cases of sexual abuse were prevalent in the border town.
She said a custodial sentence would be deterrent enough to would-be offenders.
The man had in mitigation implored the court to be lenient with him claiming that the juvenile had lied to him about her age.
He said he had a sexual relationship with the girl after she eloped to him.
Charges are that sometime in September this year, the man proposed love to the girl, a form three student, and she agreed.
Source - TH
