An unfortunate case from Zimbabwe:
A 19-year-old teenager in Zvishavane, Zimbabwe, has been
arrested and convicted for impregnating his 16-year-old younger sister.
The sister was also given a jail term after it was established that the
two siblings were committing incest.
According
to court reports, Knowledge Mavhika, 19, proposed to make love to his
16-year-old sister and she accepted. The two were involved in a
relationship and slept together several times before the girl became
pregnant. Her grandmother Rumbidzai Ganyani, demanded to know who the
father was. She was shocked to learn that her own grandson was
responsible. The grandmother took the matter to the police and the girl
was taken to a
hospital for a medical examination. The two were arrested.
Mavhika
was sentenced to 12 months in prison six of which were suspended for
five years on condition that he does not commit a similar offense. The
other six months were suspended on condition he performs 210 hours of
community service. The
girl was sentenced to five months in prison, which was suspended for
three years on condition that she does not commit a similar offense.
Just
to point out, the age of consent in Zimbabwe is 16, and they would be
legal regardless under Romeo laws like those in New York.
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