A 24-YEAR-OLD man has told a Livingstone magistrate’s court that he defiled a 15-year-old because he thought she was 18 years old.
Kenneth Masheka, of unmarked house number in Dambwa North township is charged with defilement.
It is alleged that on unknown dates but in May this year in Livingstone, he had unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of 16.
When the matter came up for plea magistrate Michael Mulalelo explained to Masheka that if he reasonably believed that the girl was above 16 years he could use that as part of his defence in court.
Masheka told the court that it was true he had sex with the girl because he believed she was old.
“Your worship, I have understood the charge and I admit it, I had sex with her. There is no way I can deny this charge,” he said.
“I only had sex with the girl because she had told me that she was born in 1997, and when I calculated the age I found that she was 18 years old. I did not find anything wrong in having sex with her,” he said.
Mr Mulalelo said he would record a plea of not guilty to the charge and that the case would go into trial.
He adjourned the matter to Thursday next week for trial.
(DailyMail)
Before you have sex with a girl that looks much younger than you, request for her NRC or birth certificate first. The orgasms can wait!
Those defiled should also be locked up for at least half the sentence of the defiler. They are not rapped but they give in knowing very well that they are under age.
A 24 year old can make more informed decisions than a 15 year old. Please, no excuses to such acts.
As religion is often passed from parents to children, Is religion a sexually transmitted disease??
There is too much indolence in the country. All idle minds are just racing to fcuk and defraud! Fo.ols can’t wait to even see how small their equally inept under-age bar-hopping victims are!!! Park areas in residential areas are now plots for equally idle, corrupt officials who cannot establish new residential areas. I despair…
this defilement case is tricky and should be reduced sentence like asult.u will find a girl even a cup can go in ati defilement
i thought she was 18. the heading should be ‘she told me she was 18’. what grade is she doing. most 15 yr olds are in 7-9 while 18 yr olds are in 10 – 12. all the same why go for school girls. imagine a 24 yr should be a graduate going for a school girl leaves a lot of question marks. you have a defective judgement which could take you behind bars for a long time.