Grandfather jailed 20 years for deflowering granddaughter (3)

A 68 year old grandfather has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping his 3 year old granddaughter after de-flowering the minor on the instructions of a traditional healer.

Obert Mujaya from Gutu Mupndawana growth point was sentenced on his own plea of guilty when he appeared before the Masvingo Magistrate Collet Ncube on Tuesday .

He told the court that he raped the minor after a local traditional healer he consulted told him to bed a minor if he wanted to be rich.

Passing judgment the magistrate said that the man deserved to be thrown out of the society for the safety of children.

Two years were suspended on condition that he does not commit a similar offense in the next five years he will serve 18 years effectively.

Prosecuting Sophia Busvumani told the court that sometime in January this year, Mujaya told her granddaughter that she was now grown up woman and it was time to make the minor a wife in the absence of his wife.

The same day, he led his 3 year old granddaughter to the bedroom and told her to lie on the bed, removed her skirt and panties before raping her.

The court heard that Mujaya raped the minor on several occasions with the juvenile remaining silent as she had been threatened with unspecified action by the grandfather.

The matter came to light when Mujaya and his wife were having marital problems, with Mujaya boosting that he no longer require sex from his wife since his granddaughter had already taken the responsibly.

This angered the wife and she reported the case to the police which led to Mujaya ‘s arrest

In giving testimony in court Mujaya‘s wife told the court that her confided to her of his intentions to sleep with her granddaughter to solve his financial problems after he had consulted a traditional healer.