A PLUMTREE magistrate and the gallery was stunned when a 29-year old woman sensationally claimed that she slept with a 15 year old boy to satisfy her sexual hunger in the absence of her South African based husband.
The wife of the injiva stunned the court this Thursday when she said she sexually abused her nephew’s friend to compensate for the absence of her husband.
Sithembile Tshuma of Mabungwe area in Bulilima District invited the juvenile, a Form One pupil at Bezu Secondary into her bedroom where she touched the boy’s private parts and proceeded to remove her clothes and had sexual intercourse with him once in full view of her nephew.
Tshuma pleaded to be spared a jail sentence as she told the court that she had a two-year-old baby. She said she was sexually starved as her husband is often away.
Tshuma also said she was sexually attracted to the complainant who had also appeared attracted to her as well.
Mr. Paul Mpofu for prosecution outlined the case against Tshuma telling the court how she lured the complainant into her home and convinced him to spend the night.
On 2 November at about 8pm the boy was at Tshuma’s homestead playing with his friend and as he was about to leave Tshuma called him to her bedroom and offered to accompany the juvenile to his home but he declined. She then grabbed him by the hand and started caressing him.
Tshuma pushed the complainant onto her matrimonial bed and told him that she wanted to make him a man. She then had sex with the juvenile.
While they were involved in the act, the boy started crying from pain and this alerted his friend who discovered them having intercourse.
Tshuma then ordered his nephew not to intervene, but to stand and watch in order to learn the process. The complainant reported the matter to his aunt the following morning.
Tshuma’s nephew, Philisani Ndlovu said he heard his friend crying and he proceeded to the bedroom to find out what was happening.
“I found my aunt and my friend having sex, but there were no indications of a struggle from my friend. My aunt ordered me to stand and watch without disturbing them.
“I did as I was told as I realised that my friend was consenting to the whole act,” Philisani told the court.
Tshuma was convicted on her own plea of guilty by Plumtree magistrate Mr. Gideon Ruvetsa.
She was sentenced to nine months imprisonment of which three months were suspended for five months on condition that she does not within that period commit an offence of the same nature.
The remaining six months were suspended on condition she performs 210 hours of community service at Bezu Primary School.
- Zim Metro
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