A 21- year old Grade Seven pupil of Kasenengwa, Eastern Province, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment with hard labour for attempting to force himself on an 80-year-old woman.
Nebert Nthele, a pupil at Chipembere Primary School, pinned down the woman while she was clearing her field and attempted to have carnal knowledge of her on Independence Day.
The old woman told the court that she overpowered the young man such that he did not manage to undress her until someone came to her rescue.
Another witness, Washing Phiri, 22, told the court that he was in his field working when he heard someone calling for help.
Phiri said when he followed where the noise was coming from, he saw Nthele on top of an old woman trying to force himself on her.
“I found him half nake£d with his manh00d up. He was trying to undress the old woman so that he could find his way into her,” Phiri told the court.
He said the man fled and he pursued him until he was apprehended and dragged back to the old woman before being handed over to police.
Judge Mwanabo jailed the convict for seven years with hard labour.
Source: Zambia Daily Mail