A 14 year old boy has been convicted of rape for the second time after violating his five year old niece.
In 2013, the boy, from Bulawayo's Pumula North suburb, was dragged to court facing a rape charge.
It is alleged that his second offence happened last year between August 1 and December 8 at a house in Pumula North, the boy raped his niece several times.
The matter came to light on December 8 at around 4PM when the girl’s aunt arrived home and got into a bedroom where she found the girl putting on her panties. She noticed that the boy was standing by the bed,” said Ncube.
She questioned the girl about what was happening and the girl told her aunt that her cousin had been raping her since August.
He was sentenced to receive three strokes with a rattan cane and also ordered to undergo counseling once a week for a year.
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