An 82 year-old man from Muchehe Village under Chief Murinye in Masvingo District has been slapped with a six-month jail term after he tied and forcibly used a home-made knife to circumcise his nephew.
Kufakunesu Pagwaringira appeared before Regional Magistrate Judith Zuyu.
Sixteen-year-old Gibson Hwekave who is mentally challenged only got some herbs applied to the wounds after the operation. It is suspected that Pagwaringira circumcised the boy because he was sexually abused from time to time and Pagwaringira felt that he could protect him from sexually transmitted diseases by removing his foreskin.
Sixteen-year-old Gibson Hwekave who is mentally challenged only got some herbs applied to the wounds after the operation. It is suspected that Pagwaringira circumcised the boy because he was sexually abused from time to time and Pagwaringira felt that he could protect him from sexually transmitted diseases by removing his foreskin.
Pagwaringira pleaded with the court to give him a non-custodial sentence since he was the only one looking after the mentally challenged boy. The court heard that on May 17, 2015 at around 1100 hours the accused called the complainant into his house and asked him to get some nice clothes so that they could go to church, and the complainant complied.
However Pagwaringira tied Hwekwave's hands behind his back. The accused person force-marched the complainant to a mountain and ordered the complainant to lie down.
He removed Hwekwave's pair of trousers and produced a knife from his pocket and cut the foreskin of the complainant's penis and applied some herbs. Magistrate Zuyu slapped Pagwaringira with a 6 month imprisonment wholly suspended for 5 years.
An unknown caller tipped the Police who discovered that a home-made knife had been used to circumcise the boy. The accused was arrested and the knife was then recovered as an exhibit. The complainant was referred to hospital for medical examination by a medical doctor who compiled the medical report.
The State was represented by Shamiso Masokomere. mirror
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