A 39 year old father from Domboshava was arrested after trying to marry off his 15-year-old daughter to a church-mate. The father appeared before Harare magistrate Ms Josephine Sande facing charges of contravening Section 94 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23) and was remanded to November 7 on $20 bail.
The court heard that sometime in March last year, the father pledged to marry off his daughter to an unidentified church-mate, whom she turned down. The father then made another agreement with a different church member arrived at the complainant’s house on October 22 this year, to claim her as his new wife.
After discovering her father’s agreement with the man, the complainant ran away from home and spent the whole night in the nearby mountains. The girl recounted her ordeal to one Headman Munyawiri, who later reported the case to the police.
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