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However, the jail term was wholly suspended and the three were ordered to undergo 420 hours of community service on condition they do not commit a similar offence in the next five years.

According to court records, Freddy Saidi, Alfreddy Chikova and Paul Furuma — all aged 19 years old — took three schoolgirls to a secluded place in Mahombekombe suburb sometime in July this year.

They engaged in indecent acts with the minors on the lakeshore as one Brighton Chipatiso filmed them. The girls, whose identities are being withheld, are aged between 15 and 16 years old.

The matter only came to light after one of the girls’ parents stumbled upon the footage. Saidi, Chikova and Furuma pleaded guilty to contravening Section 70 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, which makes it an offence to perform indecent acts with a minor.-The Sunday Mail