Juvenile jailed for raping 2-year-old

GWERU provincial magistrate Phathekile Msipa last week sentenced to four years in prison a 17-year-old Form 3 student for raping a two-year-old toddler.

The juvenile, who is a repeat offender, will serve seven years after Msipa added three years which were suspended in 2015 when he was convicted of a similar offence.

In passing sentence, Msipa said the teenager deserved a custodial sentence as he had shown no remorse committing another rape barely four years after the courts had suspended a portion of his sentence for a similar offence.

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