The State has amended for the third time the charge facing the woman who bedded a minor.
Precious Teya’s lawyer, Moses Nyatsoma, said the State was
no longer pressing a rape charge against her. She now faces an aggravated indecent
assault charge.
“Unfortunately, the State has not served us with papers
containing the rape charge. This is the third time they have amended the
charge. This to some extent shows how unstable the State is to prefer charges
against my client.
“However, the facts at hand also contradict with what
really transpired on the day in question. The child is purported to be 13, but
we haven’t seen any documents accompanying such claims. The boy also has a
secret cell phone that no one is aware of including his parents and uses it to
lure girls online for sexual favours.
“We have requested his birth certificate which has not been
made available and under normal circumstances, the State, in the absence of a
birth certificate orders for an age estimate, that also has not been done.
“In as far as the age of the child is concerned we are not
sure of anything, if you also look at the stature of the child you cannot tell
that he is 13 years of age. There was no way my client could have made that
guess and withdrew herself, also looking at his behaviour of hiring the
services of a hooker and paying a taxi, that is not consistent with a
13-year-old,” he told H Metro.
Teya is fighting for bail at the High Court.
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