A 21-year-old woman was yesterday convicted of culpable homicide after she stabbed a 69-year-old man who had sexually abused her for more than four years with a knife.Thembile Nomcebo Maseko killed Zachariah Motsa who abused her since 2002 in Swaziland.
Maseko ripped Motsa’s stomach open and left intestines hanging.She did not end there as she sliced the deceased’s manhood as well.
In total, Maseko stabbed the deceased 11 times.Four stab wounds were on the chest, four on the back, two around the abdomen and one on the penis.
According to the evidence in court, Maseko and the deceased were staying together at the deceased’s homestead.The reason was that Maseko was abandoned by her parents at a young age and she knew the deceased as her relative.She actually referred to the deceased as her grandfather.
Apparently, the deceased took advantage of that and started sexually abusing Maseko when she was 14 years old.The first time the deceased had sex with her, he promised to give her money.
Indeed after the ordeal, she was given the money which she spent at a local shop and kept quiet about what had befallen her.
On another day, the deceased said they should share a bed since he did not want his other bed used.There were two beds in the house.While she was asleep, the deceased allegedly woke her up and when she asked what the problem was, the deceased is alleged to have said he had been made to taste something nice from Maseko hence he wanted a repeat.В This time he promised to give Maseko more money.
However, after the session, he changed his tone saying he would pay in the morning.
Again in the morning, the deceased postponed with the promise that he would pay the money in the evening.When Maseko came in the evening she found that the deceased had bought her bread and sour milk (emasi).They ended up having sex with the promise that she would be given everything she needed.
After the empty promises, Maseko decided to leave the deceased’s homestead to live with David Motsa, who is a brother to the deceased.But since she was allegedly made to work without food, she ended up going back to the deceased’s homestead because she was desperate.
During the first month of her return, the deceased did not demand sex.But in the second month, the old Adam came back.All this time Maseko told the court that she would tell the deceased that she was not having sex with him willingly.She said she was afraid to report the matter to David because the deceased gave her food.
However, one night after she had fallen in love with Sabelo Ndlangamandla, they had sex with him (Sabelo) in the deceased’s room.This did not go down well with the deceased who was irked by the groans and moans of pleasure which were allegedly made by Maseko during the session.The deceased is alleged to have complained about the noise when Sabelo had left.
Maseko told him (deceased) that the reason she made such noises was that she loved Sabelo and had enjoyed having sex with him than with a relative, referring to the deceased.Furthermore, the deceased suggested that the two could have had sexual intercourse under a tree.Maseko told the court she told the deceased that she no longer loved him.Incensed by such, the deceased took a stick and a*saulted her three times.
Maseko got hold of the stick and while they were wrestling for it, she saw the knife on the table and stabbed the deceased several times before she went out to raise an alarm.
Judge Qinisile Mabuza stated that there was a possibility it was true that Maseko killed in self -defence.
The judge reasoned that after Maseko had had sex with her boyfriend in the same room the deceased was likely to get angry.В «I say this because the accused (Maseko) groaned and moaned in pleasure.The deceased would be angry because he thought Maseko belonged to her,» she observed.Eventually, Judge Mabuza found Maseko guilty of culpable homicide and she will be sentenced on August 3, 2011.
When Nomcebo Maseko sliced Zachariah Motsa’s manhood, she may have been removing the object of oppression after the latter had sexually abused her for more than four years.
This observation was made by Judge Qinisile Mabuza who stated that such could be a sign that Maseko was trying to get rid of the object of oppression.
However, in the end the judge found that Maseko killed the deceased in self-defence.В «In the end I find that she acted in self-defence but she exceeded the bounds of defence,» Judge Mabuza noted.Judge Mabuza also wondered what she should do to older relatives who were abusing children.
«What should I say to older relatives who abuse children?» she said, directing herself to Daniel Nxumalo who was representing the Crown in the matter.This was after Nxumalo had pleaded that while it could be true that Maseko was acting in self-defence, the court should consider that a life was lost.Nxumalo argued that Maseko should have approached organisations like the Save Children who are responsible for child protection instead of taking the law unto her hands.
FIKILE Mamba, who mothers culpable homicide convict, Thembile Maseko, told the court that her daughter dropped out of school for the love of men.
Apparently, Maseko went as far as Grade four in school.
Mamba was called to testify during the trial of her daughter who had been sexually abused for more than four years.
Furthermore, Mamba said she never knew and was never told that her child was being abused.Apparently, she was not living with her child because she stayed with another man who only allowed her to visit her children once in two months.When asked if Maseko knew her paternal homestead, Mamba responded to the affirmative.
However, when such was put to Maseko, she told the court that she had been to her paternal homestead only after she was released on bail.Presiding Judge, Qinisile Mabuza, however, observed that mentally, Mamba was immature which led Maseko to live a somehow meaningless life.
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