Brother impregnates sister

A NYANGA man who took advantage of the mental state of her biological sister to be intimate with her until she got pregnant was last week jailed for the abominable offence.

The man (30) whose name cannot be revealed to protect the identity of the complainant was last week sentenced to stay in prison for 15 years by Rusape regional magistrate, Mr Livingstone Chipadza, who, however, set aside three years on condition of good behaviour.

He was not represented and he denied ever raping his sister.

Rusape District Prosecutor, Mr Tirivanhu Mutyasira, told the court that the brother took advantage of his 16-year- old sister’s mental incompetence to propose love to her and was intimate with her for seven months.

“Accused is a biological brother to the complainant. On an unknown date, but in March 2016, the accused proposed love to the complainant and she accepted his love proposal.

“The brother took advantage of his sister’s mental incompetence and asked her to be intimate with him. She consented. Since then the accused was intimate with the complainant on numerous occasions,” he said. Mr Mutyasira added: “On an unknown date, but during the month of August 2016, the complainant’s mother found the accused lying on the complainant’s blankets with his manhood erect, while the complainant was in the blankets. The mother asked him what he wanted in the complainant’s room, but he gave excuses and left.

“On October 6, 2016, the complainant’s mother returned home and found the accused lying on the floor in the dining room and proceded to the girl’s room where she found her standing behind the door trying to wear back her pants.

“The complainant then started crying and informed her mother that her brother had raped her. The mother then took the accused and complainant to ZRP Nyanga and reported the matter. The girl was later taken to Nyanga District Hospital for examination where it was revealed that she was pregnant.”