Neighbour forces 6-year-old boy to suck his privates for honey

A 6-year-old boy was forced to suck the private parts of his 18-year-old neighbour before swallowing his sperms in exchange for wild honey.

This was after the boy and his three friends refused to have sex with the man.

The man (name withheld to protect victim's identity), a general worker at a company in Chinhoyi town, has since appeared before Chinhoyi regional magistrate Mr Never Katiyo facing aggravated indecent assault charges.

He was convicted and sentenced to three strokes after a fully contested trial in which he was denying the charge.

Prosecutor Ms Farai Zachariah alleged that Mangunda followed the boy who was in the company of his friends to Musengi River on April 21, where they had gone to swim.

He asked the boys if they wanted some honey on condition that he had anal sex with them.

They refused, but the boy, who was the youngest in the group, said he wanted the honey, but could not have anal sex with him.

The boy's friends left him behind with the man who then gave him some honey.

The man is said to have grabbed the boy, forced open his mouth before asking him to suck his manhood till he came in his mouth.

The man forced the boy to swallow.

The matter came to light after the boy told his brother who went on to report the case to the police.

In passing sentence, Mr Katiyo considered the man's age, adding that there was need to send a strong signal against abuse of children.

In mitigation, the man said he was an orphan who was living with his old granny.