MWANZA-(MaraviPost)-A 32 year-old man has on Tuesday been sentenced to 14 years in jail with hard labor for being found guilty of defiling his friend’s daughter contrary to section 138 of the Penal Code.
Mwanza Police Station spokesperson Edwin Kaunda has identified the convict as who happens to be a friend to the victim’s father.
According to Police Publicist Kaunda, the court heard that Mundenguma committed the offense when she saw the victim, aged 13, on her way back from a market in the district.
Kaunda said the convict called the girl’s name from the direction of Matengo Resthouse to which the victim did not hesitate to respond considering that she knew Wyson as her father’s friend.
The publicist added that Mundenguma grabbed the girl’s hand and sweet-talked her into a room in the resthouse on December 31, 2016 where he defiled her.
“After enjoying the sexual intercourse with the girl, Wyson told her never to report to anyone but the girl informed her mother what her father’s friend had done to her. The mother took the girl to Mwanza police where they were further referred to Mwanza District Hospital and medical examination confirmed defilement,” said Kaunda.
Mundenguma was eventually arrested but pleaded not guilty when charged.
After a full trial which involved parading four witnesses against him, His worship Rawell Maganzi found Mundenguma guilty of the charge of defilement and sentenced him to 14 years in jail with hard labor to deter those that might commit the same offence in future.
Mundenguma hails from Chafa village Traditional Authority (T.A) Changata in Thyolo district
