A Harare man (43) appeared in court facing two counts of indecently assaulting his 12 year old stepdaughter and offering a 10 cent bond coin to buy her silence.
The suspect, who cannot be named to protect the victim's identity, allegedly had anal sex with the minor on two occasions sometime in December last year.
It is also alleged that after the assault, he warned the minor not to tell anyone about the incident, the suspect repeated the abuse on an unknown date, but during the same month.
The matter came to light when the minor alerted her mother on the abuse, leading to the accused's arrest.
The perpetrator was remanded in custody to February 25 this year for trial at the regional court.
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