MONZE police are holding a 42-year-old man who is alleged to have defiled his 12-year-old mentally challenged stepdaughter after leaving his wife at a nearby village watching TV. According to Southern Province Police Commanding Officer Auxensio Daka, the girl’s mother on Saturday, July 5, at around 12:20 hours, reported to Monze Police Station that her mentally ill daughter had been defiled by her stepfather. “On July 5, 2025, at 12:20 hours, Monze Police Station received a report from a 32 year-old woman of Hamalangwe Village, Chief Choongo, Monze District, that her 12 year-old daughter, who is mentally ill, was defiled by her 42 year-old stepfather, all of the same abode. The incident occurred on July 4, 2025, at 23:00 hours....
