A 10-YEAR-OLD girl has narrated to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court how she was sexually abused by her 40-year-old father on several occasions. The juvenile has also told the court that the father sexually abused her married elder sister. In this matter, the 40-year-old man is accused of defiling his 10-year-old daughter and infecting her with HIV.
The accused is charged with one count of incest, contrary to Section 159(1) of the Penal Code, Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia. When the matter came up for continued trial before Lusaka Magistrate Kawama Mwamfuli, Tuesday, the victim recounted how her father would carry her into the sitting room from her bedroom in the night to sexually abuse her. “My father used… Do you agree that child defilers should be castrated?
