A 20-YEAR-OLD maid from Senga suburb in Gweru ƨǝxually abus3d her employer’s eight-year-old son and infecting him with a ƨǝxual transmitted infection (STI).
Sitholokuhle Nyathi was convicted of two counts of aggravated indecent @ssault by Gweru regional magistrate Mr Christopher Maturure.She was given a 15 year jail sentence.
In mitigation, Nyathi pleaded with the court to give her a lesser sentence, telling the magistrate that she was driven by a desire to quench her appetite for ƨǝx.
For the State, Mr Sibangani Dube called for a stiffer penalty to be imposed on Nyathi to deter would-be offenders.
“The @ccused took advantage of the minor’s vulnerability and, in an aggravating manner, indecently ass@ulted him. By engaging in unlawful and intentional unprotected s3xual int3rcourse with an eight-year-old minor, the @ccused not only breached the trust placed in her by her employers, but also @bused her authority in the most despicable manner,” said Mr Dube.
He said Nyathi inflicted psychological scars upon the v!ctim.
“What makes this crime more aggravating is that the @ccused infected the complainant with an STI putting the minor at risk of contracting other related diseases, hence a stiffer deterrent sentence is the only option to such an ill3gal act,” said Mr Dube.
The court heard that Nyathi shared a room with the minor, who is doing Grade Two at a local school.
“On the first count, sometime in January, Nyathi f0ndled the child’s private parts before engaging in unprotected s3xual int3rcourse with the minor. On another occasion, she woke up the boy inviting him to share blankets with her during which she ƨǝxual abused him,” said Mr Dube.
Despite the traumatic ordeal ,the boy refused to speak about the @buse he endured .It wasn’t until his aunt arrived from Kwekwe that the horrifying truth came to light . His aunt , upon noticing bl00d stains in her nephew’s ur!ne , took immediate action and took the boy to clinic.
The results showed that the boy had contracted an STI.
Upon being quizzed, the minor revealed that Nyathi had been ƨǝxual @busing him.
The v!ctim’s aunt notified the boy’s mother who in turn made a police report leading to Nyathi’s arr3st.
SOURCE : HERALD
