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Man imprisoned for bedding his cousin
12 Jan 2013 at 05:51hrs | Views
A 19-year-old man from Plumtree has been arrested after he was caught being intimate with his 12-year-old niece inside a grinding mill building.
The juvenile's mother caught the two red-handed at about 10 pm.
Meanwhile, the man was convicted on his own plea to unlawfully having sex with a young person when he appeared before Plumtree magistrate, Mr Phanankosi Mzingaye Moyo.
He was sentenced to six months imprisonment of which two months were suspended for five years on condition that he does not commit a similar offence within that period.
The State's case as presented by Mr Paul Mpofu is that the man first had sex with his niece on 6 December last year and was caught red-handed on the second occasion on 1 January.
On 6 December the juvenile was on her way from school in the company of her friend when they met the uncle near a local business centre. The juvenile's friend proceeded home and the man asked his niece to remain behind. He then led her to a nearby bush where they had sex once.
On 1 January the juvenile went to the local shops but was late to return home. Her mother made a follow up at about 10pm.
Upon arriving at the business centre she asked people around and they indicated that they had seen her enter a grinding mill. She proceeded to the grinding mill and caught her daughter red-handed in the act with the uncle, who ran away after realising he had been caught.
A report was later made to the police leading to the uncle's arrest.
In mitigation, the man said he was in a relationship with his niece and that she had consented to sex.
The juvenile's mother caught the two red-handed at about 10 pm.
Meanwhile, the man was convicted on his own plea to unlawfully having sex with a young person when he appeared before Plumtree magistrate, Mr Phanankosi Mzingaye Moyo.
He was sentenced to six months imprisonment of which two months were suspended for five years on condition that he does not commit a similar offence within that period.
The State's case as presented by Mr Paul Mpofu is that the man first had sex with his niece on 6 December last year and was caught red-handed on the second occasion on 1 January.
On 1 January the juvenile went to the local shops but was late to return home. Her mother made a follow up at about 10pm.
Upon arriving at the business centre she asked people around and they indicated that they had seen her enter a grinding mill. She proceeded to the grinding mill and caught her daughter red-handed in the act with the uncle, who ran away after realising he had been caught.
A report was later made to the police leading to the uncle's arrest.
In mitigation, the man said he was in a relationship with his niece and that she had consented to sex.
Source - TC
