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Harare High Court
The State v C F (A Juvenile)
HH 143-11
Case Details
Court
Harare High Court
Date
6 July 2011
Citation
HH 143-11
Neutral Citation
[2011] ZWHH 143
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Review
Bench
Presiding
Kudya J
Full Bench
Kudya JChitakunye J
Areas of Law
Criminal LawJuvenile Justice
Keywords
extra-marital sexual intercourseyoung personjuvenileconsensual sexcriminal liability
Tags
juvenile justicestatutory interpretationcriminal review
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Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether under s 70(1)(a) of the Criminal Law Code, a male young person can be competently convicted of engaging in extra-marital sexual intercourse with a female young person","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Both parties were juveniles under 16; sexual intercourse was consensual"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
A 15-year-old male juvenile (CF) engaged in consensual sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old female juvenile, resulting in pregnancy. The male juvenile was convicted under s 70(1)(a) of the Criminal Law Code and sentenced to corporal punishment.
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