BY LWANDLE MTHUNZI
A 25-year-old Victoria Falls man has been arrested after he allegedly impregnated a teenage girl and helped her to abort using an abortion pill.
Given Nsingo of Mkhosana township was reportedly in a love affair with the girl who is aged 17.
The girl whose identity has been hidden for ethical reasons, discovered that she was three months pregnant recently.
Nsingo helped her to abort after giving her an abortion pill.
Allegations are that the girl’s mother helped her to bury the foetus in the garden at their place of residence.
Nsingo and the girl are jointly charged with unlawful termination of pregnancy.
Victoria Falls magistrate Godswill Mavenge on Wednesday said they will be brought to court on summons on 20 February as there are investigations that police still have to do.
The girl was referred to hospital for medical attention after the abortion.
Prosecutor Portia Moyo said Nsingo was arrested on Monday.
“In that on the 27th of December 2022 and at a tuck shop behind Chinotimba Medical Clinic the second accused person Given Nsingo who is jointly charged with the first accused, a female juvenile aged 17 years unlawfully and intentionally assisted the first accused to terminate her pregnancy by giving her abortion pills.” she said.
The girl led police to where she had buried the foetus after her arrest.
She exhumed it with the help of the police.