The trial of NMB manager accused of sodomising a 10-year-old deaf pupil from Emerald Hill School of the Deaf resumed on Monday with a Harare Hospital psychiatrist, Dr Dickson Chibanda, testifying.George Wekwete is being charged with aggravated indecent assault after he allegedly lured the pupil with food and clothes before he molested the boy.
The matter had been adjourned to Monday after the prosecution made an application to obtain a medical report from Dr Chibanda on the mental status of the 10-year-old boy. Dr Chibanda told the court that when he first attended to the boy before the allegations arose, he was a slow learner and had problems in focus and attention. He added that after working with him, the pupil progressed well. Dr Chibanda said that with time he started deteriorating and withdrawn.
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