A 14-YEAR-OLD boy from Luveve suburb in Bulawayo has appeared before a magistrate’s court for allegedly sodomising three boys from his neighbourhood.
The boy, whose name cannot be disclosed for ethical reasons, allegedly had anal sexual intercourse with the three minors aged eight, nine and 13, a court heard on Monday.
He appeared before provincial magistrate Abednico Ndebele facing three counts of aggravated indecent assault.
Ndebele did not ask him to plead and remanded him out of custody.
“The accused is a minor and in order for him to be tried, permission has to sought from the prosecutor general’s office. You shall therefore be advised of the dates when you will be expected to appear at the Bulawayo regional court for his trial,” said Ndebele.
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“I admit to the crimes against me,” he said.
Prosecuting, Mufaro Mageza told the court that on a date unknown to the prosecutor during the month of September 2015, the boy approached the 13-year-old victim and asked him the whereabouts of a pair shoes that he had borrowed.
Mageza said the boy threatened the teen and forced him to have anal sex with him.
He said he would harm the boy if he told anyone about the incident.
The prosecutor said his second victim was the nine-year-old boy.
The court heard that on September 8, 2015 at around 6PM, the victim was playing with his friends and the accused at his place of residence.
“Whilst they were playing the accused person instructed the complainant to pull down his trousers to knee level and bend over.
“The complainant complied and the accused had anal sexual intercourse with him once,” said the prosecutor.
The court heard that the eight-year-old became the boy’s final victim before the matter came to light in October.
“On a date unknown but during the month of September, 2015, complainant was playing with his friends when he was approached by the accused.
“The accused instructed the complainant to pull down his trousers and he complied after he had been threatened,” said Mageza.
“The accused had anal sexual intercourse with him once,” said the prosecutor.
Mageza said the three minors were medically examined and a medical report can be produced in court as an exhibit.
