Five women found guilty of assaulting Wedza girl

The five Wedza women who assaulted a girl and posted the video on social media, have been convicted.

The five who included four juveniles under the age of 18 and one aged 19 years were found guilty of all the four counts of aggravated indecent assault, cyber bullying, unlawful detention and assault which they committed in Wedza on the 4th of July.

19-year-old Vimbai Mike and a 17-year-old, who however is married and has two children, were sentenced an effective five years in jail each for indecent assault, one year for cyber bullying for posting her video on social media, one year for unlawful detention and another one year for assault which will however run concurrently within the 5 year effective term.

The other three juveniles were not sentenced on condition they will not commit a similar offence for the next five years.

The five were accused of stripping a fellow villager and assaulting her for an unspecified offence until she passed out.

They recorded a video of their actions which they later posted on social media.

The video later went viral leading to their arrest.

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