Woman raped son, infected him with STI

A sex starved Chiredzi woman (34) habitually raped her stepson, 16, while her husband was away on business resulting in the juvenile contracting a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI).

Pleading guilty to a charge of aggravated indecent assault, the woman told Masvingo Regional Magistrate Judith Zuyu on Tuesday that she had been desperate for sex as her husband had been away for weeks.

She was sentenced to 16 year in prison.

Zuyu convicted the woman but two years were suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour.

"I was starved of my conjugal rights and I got tempted. I thought he was above the age of majority and I did not know that I had an STI," said the woman.

The woman is said to have told the boy that he should be happy to assume his father's responsibilities.

For the State, Moreblessing Rusere told the court that in November 2013 and in the absence of the juvenile's father, the woman called the boy to her bedroom saying she was afraid to sleep alone.

The boy laughed it off before returning to his room.

The court further heard that after some time, the woman undresses and proceeded to the juvenile's bedroom where she found the boy already asleep in his room. The woman woke him up and ordered him to take off his clothes before forcing him to be intimate with her. The woman would use the same method to sexually abuse the boy on several occasions.

The court heard that the matter came to light when the boy fell sick.

His father took him to hospital where it was discovered that he had contracted STI. The father questioned him and he revealed that he had sex with his stepmother on several occasions, the court heard.

The matter was then reported to the police leading to the woman's arrest.