Police in Mkushi have arrested a 31-year-old truck driver for defiling his 15-year –old sister in-law. According to Central Province Police Commissioner Lemekani Chirwa, the suspect identified as Felix Kapupula is reported to have taken advantage of the grade 4 minor when her elder sister, who is his wife, was away for work on Friday, […]

Police in Mkushi have arrested a 31-year-old truck driver for defiling his 15-year –old sister in-law.

According to Central Province Police Commissioner Lemekani Chirwa, the suspect identified as Felix Kapupula is reported to have taken advantage of the grade 4 minor when her elder sister, who is his wife, was away for work on Friday, June 12.

Mr Chirwa told ZANIS in a statement that a juvenile who went to spend some days visiting her elder sister was left home alone, as the suspect left home together with the sister to the victim.

He stated that the suspect returned home at about 13:00hrs, while the sister to the victim was still away from home.

He found the victim washing clothes at the nearby dam.

Mr Chirwa said Kapupula called the victim and told her to go home with a bucket she had carried to the dam, which they also use to weigh maize.

“When the victim followed the perpetrator home, he asked her to enter the bedroom and help him lift a bag of maize so that he could start weighing it. When the victim entered the bedroom, the perpetrator pulled her by the hand, undressed her skirt, tights, and pants, and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her,” explained Mr Chirwa.

The Central Province Police chief said the victim started crying following the ordeal.

“Kapupula gave her his cell phone with a false PIN and told her to withdraw K85.00 from his account to calm her down after which he reportedly returned for work,” he said.

When the perpetrator left and went back to work, the victim inserted her SIM card into the same Calus phone and called her mother, who advised her to go to her place.

When the victim went to her mother’s place, the mother checked her private part and found semen and blood. Thereafter, she told an elder brother to the victim, to follow the perpetrator at his workplace and apprehend him.

“When the brother reached the perpetrator’s workplace, he engaged one of the security guards, who assisted, and managed to apprehend him,” Mr Chirwa said.

After the apprehension of the suspect, the mother of the victim reported the matter to Nkumbi Police Post.

Mr Chirwa said police issued the victim with Medical Report Form ZP32 and a docket of case was opened and arrest made.

“The suspect has been detained in lawful police custody for the offence of defilement,” said Mr. Chirwa.

The accused will appear in court soon.