Man tells court girl had sex with goblins

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By Staff Reporter

A ZIMBABWEAN man charged with having sex with an under-age girl stunned a court by claiming she had in fact slept with goblins.

John Munkombwe, 29, is accused of having sex with the 16-year-old girl and impregnating her.

The age of consent in Zimbabwe is 18 years.

Appearing before Binga magistrate Stephen Ndlovu last week, Munkombwe denied statutory rape and suggested her pregnancy was probably the act of goblins, a local newspaper reported.

Prosecutor, Bruce Maphosa, told the court that Munkombwe met the teenager sometime in August last year and they got into a relationship, Umthunywa reported.

The girl, who cannot be named, appeared in the courtroom and gave her account. She said she had sex with Munkombwe on three occasions before she fell pregnant.

But when he took the witness stand, Munkombwe denied having a relationship or sleeping with the girl.

He told the court: "I have been tried before in the chief's court but I have maintained my innocence, and I still deny the charges. I have heard it said that she was impregnated by goblins, I certainly don't know her."

Prosecutor Maphosa accused Munkombwe of "telling fibs under oath".

Zimbabwe is a country steeped in beliefs in the super natural. The country just recently changed colonial legislation to recognise the existence of witchcraft.

The case continues this week.
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