By Own Correspondent- A 19-year-old woman has been arrested after she assisted her male colleague rape her employer’s seven-year-old minor child who had been left in her custody after her employer traveled to South Africa.

According to a local publication, while the employer was away the maid aided her male friend to rape the 7-year-old.

The child is alleged to have been raped on three occasions. On one of the occasions, the maid and her boyfriend were in the same room where the rape occurred.

On another occasion, the maid is alleged to be the one who instigated the rape. After these horrific crimes, the maid who is from Kambuzuma quit her job and returned to Harare.

However, the abuse came to light when the minor was taken to a hospital after she had experienced health problems.

The police managed to track down the maid, therapist and the maid’s boyfriend. The three appeared before Beitbridge regional magistrate Crispen Mberewere on Wednesday facing charges of rape. They were not asked to plead and were remanded to April 23 for trial.

In a similar case, another maid was sentenced to 12-years in prison after she assisted a mine worker to rape one of the children who had been left in her charge.-Newsday