A 32-YEAR-OLD man of Choma has been arrested by police for defiling his 8-year-old step-daughter, after his 3-year-old child alerted a neighbour. Meanwhile, a 14-year-old girl has been retrieved from her brief, unsanctioned marriage to her 18-year-old boyfriend in Itezhi-Tezhi. According to Southern Province Police Commissioner Auxensio Daka, Choma Police received a report from 28-year-old Mutinta Milambo, who complained that her daughter was sexually abused by Devious Mweetwa of Kamunza residential area, who is also the victim’s stepfather. Daka said the incident is alleged to have occurred on December 16 between 05:00 and 08:00 hours. It is alleged that on the material day, the victim’s mother left home around 05:00 hours to do some piecework, leaving her two daughters and...

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