Sodomy cop pleads not guilty

Sodomy

Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter
A HWANGE cop who allegedly sucked a teenager’s manhood and sodomised him for three years has pleaded not guilty claiming that the complainant had fabricated the charges to fix him.

Nelson Tuta (33) of number A86 in Madumabisa, Hwange said he treated the complainant (name withheld to protect him as a victim) as his younger brother since he was a friend to his father.

Tuta said the aggravated indecent assault charges were an attempt by the complainant to avoid paying for the damages he caused on his car after he drove it without his consent and was involved in accident.

“The complainant’s father is my friend and that’s how I got to know him. I treated him as my younger brother.

“One day I parked my car at their house and he drove it without my knowledge. He was involved in an accident and damaged it but I didn’t report the matter to the police because of our relationship. He thought that as a policeman I would arrest him and that’s why he fabricated these charges to avoid paying for the damages,” said Tuta.

The complainant insisted that Tuta sodomised him on three occasions.

He said at one point, the two were drinking beer at Hwange Truck Stop when Tuta led him to a nearby bush and sucked his manhood.

The complainant told the court that Tuta abused him from the time he was a small boy.

He said he did not enjoy it.

Hwange regional magistrate Mr Collet Ncube will deliver judgment on April 23.

Tuta is out of custody on $50 bail.

Prosecutors allege that Tuta had anal sex with the teenager at his place of residence and in the bush starting in 2014.

Tuta allegedly once bought the complainant a cellphone.

Mr Tinomupeyi Mbiza prosecuted while Mr Thulani Nkala of Dube and Company is representing Tuta. — @ncubeleon.

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