Times Of Swaziland: 50-year-old woman rapes 14-year-old boy

50-year-old woman rapes 14-year-old boy
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MBONGISENI NDZIMANDZE on 05/05/2012 00:00:00


PIGG’S PEAK - A 50–year old woman has been arrested and charged for
forcefully having sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old pupil who is her
neighbour.
Siphiwe Masilela, an orderly at the Pigg’s Peak Government Hospital, is
alleged to have grabbed the minor and forced him into her room where she ordered
him to undress before sexually abusing him.
Masilela has since been charged for sexually abusing a Standard Four pupil who
attends one of the schools around Pigg’s Peak. She was due to appear at the
Pigg’s Peak Magistrates Court yesterday but the case was postponed to Monday
after Magistrate Leo Dlamini, who was due to preside over the matter, was
reported to be bereaved.
In the statement she recorded with the police, Masilela is said to have
confessed having sexual intercourse with the minor but said she was in a love
relationship with the boy. According to the charge sheet Masilela unlawfully,
intentionally and wrongfully had sexually intercourse with the 14–year-old
minor (name deliberately withheld) who by law cannot consent. In his statement
the pupil said he had gone to the woman’s house which is situated a stone’s
throw away from his homestead to deliver a book to her son.
"I had gone to deliver an agriculture text book which I was selling to her son
who attends the same school with me. Upon arrival at the house she ordered me to
get inside since she wanted to pay me for the book," he said.
The survivor said it was while inside the house that she invited him into her
bedroom under the pretence that she wanted to give him the money and it was
after showing some resistance that she grabbed him by his left arm and dragged
him into the bedroom. The pupil said it was while inside the bedroom that the
woman forcefully undressed him before fondling his private parts. After sometime
the woman also undressed and began forcing herself on him.
"I tried to scream for help, but she threatened to assault me and it was after
she had finished what she was doing that she ordered me to leave the house. She
also warned me not to tell anyone about what happened," he alleged. The pupil
said upon arrival at home he related what had happened to his sister who then
reported the matter to elders of the family before informing the police.
Masilela was later arrested and charged.
... boy’s family furious after suspect released
PIGG’S PEAK – The family of the boy who was allegedly raped by a 50 year-old
woman expressed their disappointment after learning that she had been released
from custody.
It was learnt yesterday that Siphiwe Masilela had been released and this did not
go down well with the boy’s mother.
The mother, who also cannot be named for ethical reasons, said the police should
have detained the woman until the matter was concluded by the court of law.
She said the police should have considered that she is their neighbour and the
rape was traumatic to her son as he cries each time he sees her. "I also fear
for her life as some of my children are baying for her blood now," she said. She
said she would take her son for counselling.
A police officer said the reason Masilela was released was because she is not a
flight risk. "The offence she committed is a very serious one, but she was later
released because we did not view her as a flight risk as we know her place of
abode and that of employment," said the officer who preferred anonymity.