21/01/2024
Woman jailed 20 years for defiling boy!
The Livingstone High Court has sentenced to 20 years imprisonment a 36-year old businesswoman who lured a 13-year-old mentally challenged boy to her house and later defiled him for more than two hours.
Jane Imusho, of house number A23 Malota in Livingstone, was charged with defilement of an imbecile.
Particulars of the offence are that on July 30, 2022 in Livingstone, Imusho had carnal knowledge of the teenager, who lives in the same neighbourhood.
In mitigation, her lawyer from Legal Aid Clinic for Women, Beatrice Chola, said her client was a first-time offender and a business lady.
She said her client was remorseful, had learned a lesson and promised to be a law-abiding citizen.
She said the court should have exercised leniency by considering the mandatory sentence.
In sentencing Imusho, Livingstone High Court Judge Catherine Phiri said she had considered that Imusho was a first offender.
“The victim of your act is a child, he has a mental disorder, and the report shows that his mental disorder has worsened because of your actions. I hereby sentence you to 20 years of simple imprisonment. This is effective from the date of your arrest on July 30, 2022,” Judge Phiri said.
The court said the mandatory sentence for the offence is 14 years imprisonment with hard labour, with the maximum being life imprisonment.
-Zambia Daily Mail
