Minor tormented for reporting rape

A HARARE woman from Mabvuku has approached the civil court on behalf of her 14-year-old child whom she said was facing physical and emotional abuse from her neighbour’s tenant whose husband was jailed for raping the minor last year.

The woman told Harare magistrate Tamara Chibindi that Netsai Chiweshe was disturbing her daughter’s peace because she had caused her husband’s arrest after he sexually abused the girl.

She said Chiweshe rents a tuckshop next door their house and always insults the 14-year-old minor, calling her a prostitute.

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