26/12/2025
10-YEAR-OLD NARRATES HOW SHE SAW HER FATHER IN BED WITH HER 12-YEAR-OLD FRIEND DURING A SLEEPOVER AT HER HOUSE
A 10-YEAR-OLD girl testified how she discovered that her father allegedly defiled her 12-year-old friend during a sleepover at her house.
The minor, pseudonym Momo, told a magistrate that her friend, to be called Chichi, told their teacher that her (Momo’s) father defiled her at their house.
“When we went to school, our teacher called me and my friend Chichi. She asked about the secret we were keeping.
“That’s how my friend Chichi told her that my father defiled her at our house,” Momo testified before Lusaka magistrate Kawama Mwamfuli.
Momo’s father, to be called Mr K, is charged with defilement of a child. He deflowered Chichi on June 15, 2025, claims he denies.
During trial, Momo narrated that on the material day around 19:00 hours, her father asked Chichi’s mother if she could allow her to sleep at their house.
“My father asked our neighbour if her daughter, who is my friend, could spend a night with me at our place since he wanted to go and spend a night elsewhere. Chichi’s mother accepted.”
Chichi then went for the sleepover at Momo’s two-roomed residence.
“After having supper, we went to sleep in my father’s bedroom. He slept on the bed, my friend and I slept on the mattress on the floor.”
Momo said later in the night, she discovered that Chichi was not on the mattress.
“I called her name, then I heard her telling my father that ‘Momo has woken up’. She was on the bed with my father.
“Later, Chichi came on the mattress. I slept, but when I later woke up, I [again] discovered that my friend was not on the mattress but on the bed with my father.”
Momo said she called out Chichi’s name before switching on the light. “I saw my friend sleeping where my mother usually sleeps. Then my father jumped out of the bed and ran to the sitting room.”
“But my friend remained on the bed. I slept until the following morning.”
Momo said when she went to school with Chichi the following day, she (Chichi) informed their teacher that she was defiled “by my father."
Zambia Daily Mail
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