Terrence Mawawa|In an incident that shocked the Zvishavane Community, a Form Three pupil impregnated his 16-year-old sister.

The pupil (19) (name withheld to protect the identity of his sister) appeared before Zvishavane magistrate Archie Wochiunga facing charges of having sexual intercourse with a minor and having sexual intercourse within a prohibited degree of relationship (incest).
He was convicted on his own plea of guilty.
In mitigation, the boy claimed that he was in a relationship with his biological sister, adding that he was madly in love with her.

“Your worship I’m sorry for what I did, I’m sorry for my actions but I’m madly in love with my sister, and I’m willing to take full responsibility for the pregnancy,” said the boy as he appealed for a lighter sentence.

Wochiunga slapped the teenager with a 15-month prison term saying he had committed an abomination which deserved a stiffer sentence to deter like-minded would be offenders.