Man gets 20 years for rape of girl aged four

ONGWEDIVA – A 19-year-old man from Omena-Etegameno village in the Ondonga traditional district was sent to prison for 20 years after the regional court at Ondangwa convicted him on a charge of rape on Friday.

Christopher Kasheeta Shimbaba stood accused of raping a four-year-old girl, who had to be admitted to the hospital for two weeks and to undergo an operation after he severely damaged her private parts. The incident took place in the victim’s mahangu field at the village in January last year.It was alleged that Shimbaba pulled the child from her homestead where she was playing with other children and had forced sexual intercourse with her next to a pigsty in the mahangu field.He left the child there until a passing neighbour came to her rescue, finding the child struggling to crawl back to the homestead.The parents were away at the time of the incident.Regional court magistrate Paulus Noah, in passing his sentence, stated that Shimbaba had caused trauma with which the child would have to live with for the rest of her life.Public Prosecutor Lisias Matota appeared for the state, while Shimbaba conducted his own defence.- NampaThe incident took place in the victim’s mahangu field at the village in January last year.It was alleged that Shimbaba pulled the child from her homestead where she was playing with other children and had forced sexual intercourse with her next to a pigsty in the mahangu field.He left the child there until a passing neighbour came to her rescue, finding the child struggling to crawl back to the homestead.The parents were away at the time of the incident.Regional court magistrate Paulus Noah, in passing his sentence, stated that Shimbaba had caused trauma with which the child would have to live with for the rest of her life.Public Prosecutor Lisias Matota appeared for the state, while Shimbaba conducted his own defence.- Nampa