RUTENDO CHIRUME
MASVINGO -Trymore Shayanewako (20) of 550 Mucheke A has appeared in court for having sex with a 13 year old girl in a kombi for over five days at Victoria High School.
Shayanewako appeared before Magistrate Bishard Chineka on April 19 where he pleaded to the offence.
Shayanewako who operates the City-Mucheke route with a kombi was arrested on January 14 after he was found having sexual intercourse with the female juvenile in the commuter omnibus at Victoria High School.
He had been staying with the 13 year old girl for over five days while having sex with her for over five days in the kombi.
The complainant is a school dropout who was staying in the Old Railways Masvingo before she moved to Nikita where she is now staying with her step mother.
Shayanewako was remanded out of custody for continuation of trial on May 3, 2023 as his lawyer asked for more time to prepare the defense.
“This issue has been delayed for a long time and I hoped that the trial would start today but the complainant’s lawyer has asked for more time as he was committed elsewhere and wanted more time to prepare the defense,” said Chineka.
Tinotenda Makoti prosecuted.
Makoti told the court that on January 9, 2023 at around 7pm Shayanewako met the complainant near Sisk Business Center and proposed love to her and she accepted.
On the same date the accused person took the female juvenile to Victoria High School grounds on a combi.
Shayanewako then had consensual sexual intercourse with the complainant in the combi throughout the night.
He continued to stay with the complainant at the school grounds until January 13 when he gave the complainant a cellphone and left with the combi saying he was going to look for money.
On the same day at night Magret Mafadza who was paasing by took the complainant to her house after she saw her loitering alone in the school grounds.
The complainant told Mafadza what transpired from the first day and she volunteered to take her to the police station where a report was made leading to the arrest of the accused.
The complainant was medically examined and a report will be produced in court as evidence.