THE Chingola Magistrate’s Court has convicted and committed a butchery assistant to the High Court for raping a 17-year-old maid when a work-mate sent him home to deliver medicine for a sick baby.
Magistrate Shadreck Chanda made the ruling on Monday against Hendrix Chambale of Kalungwisha Road in Chiwempala, Chingola, who was facing one count of rape.
During trial, the girl told the court that she was on duty on December 2 last year nursing a sick child when her supervisor sent her work-mate to deliver some medicines for the baby.
She said this was after she had called her to tell her that the condition of the sick child she had left had worsened.
The court heard that when Chambale delivered the medicine, he told the maid that he wanted to check on the condition of the baby and she allowed him in the house.
The victim narrated that after a few minutes, the accused pinned her down and forced himself on her.
“When I was coming from outside, he pushed me and I fell down. He then pulled my skirt and pants and had sex with me. When I shouted for help, no-one heard me. When he finished, he dressed up and gave me a K2 to buy cafemol.
“Your Honour, I do not know why he told me to buy the medicine. But instead, I went to the shop and I bought talk-time which I used to call my boss and explained to her what had happened. She then came home and took me to the police station and we were issued with a medical form,” she narrated.
Chawama clinic medical doctor Alfred Katika told the court that when he examined the victim, he did not detect any bruises as a sign of violence on her private part.
Dr Katika said that the hymen was broken and there was normal discharge from the girl’s private part.
He also said that the victim’s hymen had not been recently broken.
“The cardinal issue is that rape is sex without consent of the other party. Indeed the hymen could have been broken a long time ago, but this does not really remove the offence being committed as long as consent was not there,” he said.
“In sexual offences, there are no spectators who could have been called to remove uncertainty to the identity of the perpetrator because these offences are committed in secret environments,” he said.
Ba fikala is the story over?? What happened to the rapist???
This is what happens when pf cadres taken over all sectors of society. Even zesco we have cadres posing as engineers. Very sad pole pole young woman
Chiwempala is a very crowded area if this girl was 2 shout on top of her voice cud hav bn rescued. Mayb the 2 agreed n suprisingly the man never paid acording 2 the agrement hence that report. Nevertheles the raper has 2 b punishd.
these are the type of girls who shout loud at first….then pa second lilya bwaingila aponya no mukoshi nokula punda ati nachilowa eeeeee mmmmmm mummmy oooooohhhh apopene ingisha sana…..then ngawapowa fast ati awe i was raped fyabufi ifyo…
Honestly, if indeed she consented to the act do you think she could have called her boss afterwards? The truth is it was against her will so the culprit must go to jail.
Bwafya
Iwe mukonka ng’ombe pamusula ‘NEZ’ the issue here is not about zesco boggers pretending as engineers,no! but we are considering the plight of this poor young lady who was raped. Here we can even presume that this rapist is a UPND cadre like yourself. That’s why imwe where you come from ‘bakachema’ you pank animals even when you have married more than one wife. I know you must have been very dull @ school and you graduated with peace keepers. No wonder your wish is for HH to become president so that you can get a job. Fyonse kubwabwata fye ngelya pena.
The truth indeed hurts. Ignorance and poverty has meant that idiots such as this fool can not accept that things are bad even when their own sisters are victims of pf induced poverty of the brain attacks. Ukose mune. Insulting a parent like myself means that you insulting your own parents. So fyonse ifyo ulelanda banoko makaka iwe. Kikikikiki ?
Kikikkik ma ma ma ma maweeeeeeeeeee. Infintu ni pf, tuleteka nafuti.
So aka akamwaice, bakacita bakaela K2 nako kapoka?…then later on ati I was raped?mmmm story not adding up. Also, the Dr says he couldnt detect any signs of violence….limbi umu boys just didnt pay her enough elo kazanda