Page 4 'The Defendant left Motimposo with the Plaintiff in January 1980 and rented a room in another locality in Maseru from a landlady called Manthabisent Pitso (PW2). The Plaintiff says life went as usual until some days before May 1980 when the Defendant fondled her. After a day or two he invited her tohave sex with him, saying she 'had many pimples on her face'. She testifies that she did have pimples on her face then but refused his suggestion. She had never been with a man before. She says he slapped her and sjamboked her. with a small whip. She screamed (not for long) but finally submitted. He had intercourse with her several times during that one night, but no intercourse took place thereafter.' Plaintiff called Mrs Pitso to testify, but her evidence did not provide corroboration for the Plaintiff's version that Defendant had had intercourse with her. What is of significance is that Mrs Pitso, having observed Plaintiff's condition at the end of November or early December, informed the Defendant about it. According to her, Defendant gave her some money (Ml.20) to take the Plaintiff to consult a doctor. She took Plaintiff to the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital where it was confirmed that she was some 7 months pregnant. Defendant gave evidence. He denied the Plaintiff's allegations that he had intercourse with her on that one night in 1980. He alleged that she was a girl of loose character and that he had seen her out with boys and had consistently warned her about the dangers of her conduct. 5/....