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Bongani Ndlovu, Online Reporter

A 27-year-old Karoi man was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by the Karoi Magistrates’ Court after he was found guilty of “engaging in sexual intercourse with a young person”.

In a statement, the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) said sometime in October 2023, the accused person proposed love to the 15-year-old girl and she accepted the proposal.

“On the 19th of March 2024 the complainant stole her sister-in-law’s house keys which had been left in her mother’s care and went and slept in the house without her sister-in-law’s knowledge. The following day she took the accused person to the said house where they engaged in sexual relations over night,” said the NPAZ.

The statement said the girl’s mother found her in the house on the 22nd of March and when asked what she was doing there, she revealed that she had been intimate with the 27 year old man.

“A police report was made, leading to the arrest of the accused person. He was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment of which 6 months was suspended for 5 years.”

The NPAZ said they would reminded the public that it is a criminal offence to have sexual relations with a young person under the age of eighteen whether they are female or male.