A 45-year-old man from Harare has been convicted and jailed for 18 years after being found guilty of raping his four-year-old stepdaughter.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said that the crime was committed between 7 and 8 March 2026. The child’s mother had travelled to Mhondoro, leaving the little girl in the sole care of her partner at their home in Sally Mugabe Heights.
When the mother returned on 8 March, she found the child asleep on a chair. The normally cheerful toddler didn’t greet her when she woke, and the mother noticed the child’s clothes were soiled.
While changing her in the bedroom, the girl told her mother that her stepfather had hurt her and touched her private parts.
The mother reported the matter to the police, and the man was arrested. He was tried at Harare Regional Magistrates’ Court, convicted and sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment.
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