Daughter files false rape report against dad

A Karoi magistrate has ordered a 16-year-old high school pupil to perform 140 hours of community service after convicting the teenager of making a false rape report against her father who had beaten her for misbehaving.

The father, a nurse at a well-known mission hospital in Hurungwe, spent two weeks, including Christmas, in remand prison and was only freed last week.

Magistrate Mr Obidience Matare delivered the ruling after the girl withdrew the case, saying she made the sinister report to “fix” her parent.

Mr Matare initially sentenced her to six months in jail but suspended two months on condition she does not commit a similar offence over the next five years.

The remaining four months were also suspended on condition she completes 140 hours of community service at her school.

The community service begins on April 4 this year.

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