Cop frees offender in return for sex

A policeman and a prison officer based at Chivi Growth Point have been arrested after they allegedly took turns to be intimate with a 14-year-old girl in return for freedom after the minor was convicted for unlawful entry.

The court heard that sometime this month Henry Washaya (27), who is based at Chivi Police Station and a Zimbabwe Prisons Service officer based at Chivi Satellite Prison, Benson Muderedzwa (25) separately approached the 14-year-old girl while she was doing community service for unlawful entry at the Chivi Rural District Council offices.

The State alleges that Washaya and Muderedzwa proposed love to the girl and coaxed her into being intimate with them on separate occasions after promising to shield her from completing the unpaid work.

The girl allegedly was intimate with the accused persons on several occasions and stopped performing the community service at the council offices.
An investigation to establish why the girl was no longer doing her community service allegedly revealed that Washaya and Muderedzwa had told her to stop working in return for sex.
A report was made to police leading to the two's arrest.

The two security details have since appeared in court facing charges of indulging in sex with a minor.

They were not asked to plead when they appeared before Chivi resident magistrate Mr Francis Mapfumo last Friday.

The two, who were represented by Mr Collins Maboke of Ruvengo and Partners, were remanded in custody to tomorrow when they are expected to apply for bail.