DAD WANTED TO KILL ME AFTER HE IMPREGNATED ME – 16 YEAR OLD GIRL TESTIFIES IN COURT
A 16 year old girl of Choma district has testified in court how her biological father attempted to kill her after impregnating her.
Byta FM Choma Court News Journalist reports that Patson Lweendo, 40 is accused of having carnal knowledge of his daughter five times and consequently impregnating the girl.
Lweendo is answering to charges of incest in the Choma Magistrates Court, an allegation that he denies while accusing his wife and the girl of implicating him so that she could get married to another man.
But the girl demonstrated how her father pushed her pants to the side and forced himself on the girl before threatening to kill her with his homemade gun everytime he finished harvesting her innocence.
The state witness says she never told anyone until her mother suspected she was pregnant.
She further accuses her father of hiring a hitman to kill her, but says the man instead reported the matter to the police.
Meanwhile, Trust Sinzala confirmed that Lweendo approached him to bewitch his daughter to kill the evidence, but says he refused and instead reported the matter to the police because he has never killed anyone.
The victim’s mother, Matilda Mweetwa also testified that Lweendo beat up the girl when she wanted to tell her what was happening while she was away.
During cross examination, Lweendo argued that his wife and daughter want him arrested so that she can get married to another man.
Senior Resident Magistrate, Selia Kanunka has since adjourned the matter to 1 March, 2022.