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7 year old Girl Narrates How Stepmother Forced Her To Eat Faeces
A Sombre atmosphere last week engulfed the court as a seven-year-old girl gave a heart-rending account on how she was forced by her stepmother to eat faeces as punishment for soiling blankets. The 19-year-old stepmother is facing charges of ill-treating a minor under provisions of the Children’s Act.
The girl gave evidence in the victim friendly court, on a closed circuit television screened from a separate room. Harare magistrate Ms Anita Tshuma is presiding over the case.
The girl said her father threatened her if she gave incriminating evidence against his wife. Ms Tshuma was forced to briefly adjourn the court after many people watchingproceedings from the closed circuit television could be seen shedding tears. In her testimony, the girl said she had a running stomach when the stepmother forced her to eat her faeces.
“I had a running stomach and I told mother before I soiled the blankets. After I soiled the blankets, I was beaten with a hosepipe before she chased me out of the house in the evening. While outside the house, mother poured cold water all over my body and forced me to wash the blankets. She threatened that I was going to sleep outside the house if I did not open my mouth and eat the faeces,” she said.
During cross-examination by prosecutor Ms Francisca Mukumbiri, the stepmother denied ever ill-treating the minor, saying she had been taking care of her since 2009. She, however, admitted to assaulting the girl using a stick.
Charges against the stepmother arose sometime this month, when the minor soiled her blankets. She allegedly forced her to eat the faeces. A neighbour saw the minor’s mouth full of faeces before she washed her, it is alleged.
It is alleged that the stepmother assaulted her and denied her food, forcing her to rely on neighbours. The accused allegedly failed to take the child to school on numerous occasions. The matter came to light when an anonymous note was dropped in a police suggestion box leading to the stepmother’s arrest.
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The Prophet
November 14, 2012 at 10:40 am
step mother…ni mfwiti, ni njoka, ni sata(na), ni mbobo…stepmother
Sata
November 29, 2012 at 12:11 pm
Iwe Chi Joshua , wati cha ?
Akapondo
November 14, 2012 at 10:44 am
This sad indeed the woman is evil…Let her eat her faeces
Akapondo
November 14, 2012 at 10:44 am
This sad indeed the woman is evil…Let her eat her faeces as wel and then cage her
Martin
November 14, 2012 at 10:54 am
I cnt even finsh reading da story. The world is not a safe place 4 children.step mother sivintu
Sido
November 14, 2012 at 11:15 am
Please let the ***** be loçked behind the bars. The father is also a big fool, may be he is the one who told the wife to give the child f……. Why should he defend the bager
Honest woman
November 14, 2012 at 11:17 am
19 year old step mother, she should be in college or university, even in grade 12, instead of pursuing a marriage. By the time she is thirty, she will be a wicked witch, shame! God help the poor lil girl!
Imiponto
November 14, 2012 at 11:25 am
Ala az if she ken de 2vs herself is she mad dats sh*t she shud be mad she iz sh*t.
Janet c
November 14, 2012 at 11:27 am
Hmm this is evil – but then us women can never ever be good step mothers. So long as a child is not biologically yours, we can be very evil indeed
zemuntu
November 14, 2012 at 12:00 pm
@Janet C, iwe mwansakabinga thats the only comment you can put across,awe kwena uli mwana wambasela
Nafuchi Nafuchi
November 16, 2012 at 5:56 am
@janet c yashani iyo mwa ilya ine?…we women cnnt be stepmothers,bla bla bla. Is that a comfession or a comfirmation? Bako kenge mammy.
Amuna
November 14, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Wea is da mother 2 de child or relatives who are human 2 kindly take care of da child coz de so cod parents are very useless and da father is a big full it appears its him who is married 2 de so cod stepmother. God forbid.
Mushkarano!!
November 14, 2012 at 12:29 pm
Ku Zimbambwe nako…Atase Sh!t..
P3T3R Pitts
November 14, 2012 at 12:35 pm
Sad story. The young-step mother is a monster. Please let her eat faeces too before she goes behind bars
TimZ
November 14, 2012 at 12:36 pm
Dis shud act as an eye & ear opener 2 all men wishing 2 divorse their wives 4 wat ever reasons apart frm death. Sad part of the story above is dat the man seem 2 be caring more 4 his wife dan a poor girl. Can a normal man do such a thing?
Me
November 14, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Punish her like people of shaka’s time..
Roy
November 19, 2012 at 3:20 pm
Chris S – What beautiful potohs I know the feeling all too well we lost our beloved lab almost 5 years ago. Although we have a new funny boy to bring us love and laughs, we still remember good times with Beau.Great memories you captured for your stepsister!
beautiful
November 14, 2012 at 12:44 pm
This can’t be happening mwe bantu!
MQQN
November 14, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Zambian mothers can be very evil too! whether the child is biological or not.
Zambian mothers are very frustrated women that are struggling to make ends meet, usually the everyday to day struggle leads them to become very agressive and cruel to everyone around them.
Thier stepchildren suffer the most. And yet they wear church uniforms and call themselves christians.
Srag
November 14, 2012 at 1:01 pm
U must b da devil himself 4 u 2 do such a thing
XXX
November 14, 2012 at 1:29 pm
@Akapondo is right let the court make that useless woman eat her feaces as well with her husband.****** man u even threaten your dota over that evil woman you will regret your no sense one day!!!
mando*
November 14, 2012 at 3:52 pm
I have never liked step mothers. They are all wicked
Lillian Musonda Banda
November 14, 2012 at 4:19 pm
With due respect, stepmothers, we differ in thinking, I personally I looked after my step children after my husband passed away. The elderest child by then was doing grade 11 and the youngest was doing grade 7. The elderest child now is a working class with a good job, through my sweat. And the youngest one she is married with three children. The two really appreciate for what I did to them. I never used to sergrate among my biological children and the step children, I used to treat them the same. And as at now, I can tell that God has really blessed me for the job I dd to look after the step children properly who fatherless and motherless. In short full orphans.
Mushkarano!!
November 14, 2012 at 4:26 pm
Great Spirit Madam..God Will Surely give u more Blessings..Cheers..& please advise uyo Janet c (Indoshi) on how u managed to do that!!Thanx!
Trust spinner mubanga
November 14, 2012 at 4:34 pm
Magogi stana shonongo mwansa kabinga.
MATT
November 14, 2012 at 4:59 pm
WICKED MOTHER.TETI MFWAYE NOKUMUMONA.
Abakonzi
November 14, 2012 at 10:03 pm
@ Me I agree with you this punk ass mathafackin stepmother should suffer Shaka Zulu’s maximum punishment…that is IMPAILEMENT…stickin a sharp log through her back side and displayed at a public place like the market!
contradictor
November 15, 2012 at 5:56 am
this girl is too young mistreat 2 her felow girl. Teach her manaz b4 she bcomz a woman
p j
November 15, 2012 at 6:17 am
The step mother also need 2 be given so that she feels how it test
Gucci Chilabika
November 15, 2012 at 7:30 am
See i think thats why its not rigt to get married at such a tender age , the 19 year girl was apto something how can she do that .
princec
November 15, 2012 at 8:05 am
uuh! its to much. let dat evil girl be taken to jail and shud make sure the felow inmates make her eat their feaces and not hers.
Authentic
November 16, 2012 at 8:02 am
The young ***** is evil how dare she such an evil act throw her in jail and let her die slow.
stealth
December 6, 2012 at 7:44 pm
charges of ill treating a minor?no no no no,send her to the hague for “crimes against humanity”