15-year-old molests other boys

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FRANCISTOWN: A 15-year-old primary school pupil appeared before Principal Magistrate Sijabuliso Siziba on Thursday to face four charges of sodomising boys under the age of 14 without their consent.

The boy who resides at Monarch appeared in court accompanied by a social worker. He allegedly committed the offences between October 2012 and March 2013 in Francistown along the Tati River.

Prosecutor Gasemotho Pitlagano from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) applied for charges to be read to the minor and his plea taken.

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