MPIGI – Police in Mpigi District have arrested a 16-year-old girl for allegedly sexually abusing an 8-year-old boy.
According to police, the incident occurred in October, 2019 in Mpigi Town Council. The boy is said to have told his mother that the suspect called him and asked him to take her clothes inside her room.
“She followed him into her room, removed the victims’ trousers, stimulated him into an erection and sexually molested him. The victim while narrating to his mother indicated how the act happened twice within the month of October, 2019,” the police statement adds.
“He further described how the act started with the fondling of his male organs, and progressed into an act where his sexual organ was inserted inside the suspect’s private parts. The matter was reported on 31/12/2019 after a narrative from the victim to her mother on the 28/12/2019,” the statement adds.
Police urged parents and caretakers to always be vigilant and closely monitor movements of their children and in particular with known persons.
“Most acts of sexual abuse and grooming are initiated by known persons to the family,” police added.
