Maid jailed for sex with boy, 2

A MAID from Bulawayo's Gwabalanda suburb yesterday told a magistrate the "devil" tricked her into "raping" her employer's two-year-old son.

The Chronicle reports that senior regional magistrate Mark Dzira sentenced Melissa Ncube, 18, to 10 years in prison for forcing the tot to engae in sex with her. Ncube, who pleaded guilty to aggravated indecent assault, was caught when the boy approached his mother asking her to do what Ncube had been doing with him.

Tinashe Dzipe for the State told the court that between June and July at a Gwabalanda house, Ncube was left with the boy while the mother, who is a vendor, went to sell her wares. During the mother's absence, Ncube grabbed the boy and forced him to insert his organ into her privates. When the mother came back from work, the boy wanted to engageg in sex with her and she made a police report, leading to Ncube's arrest.

Passing sentence, Dzira blasted Ncube for using a toddler to satisfy her sexual urges.