By Tatenda Sibanda
Midlands – A Gokwe teenager was last week sentenced to 90 years imprison for violating his three employer’s juvenile daughters, two aged six and one aged seven, in his room on different occasions.
Appearing before Gokwe Magistrate Stanley Mbanje, the suspect Markwell Machena was convicted with four counts of rape and sentenced as defined in the criminal law and codification chapter 9:12.
He will be 108 years old when he completes his sentence, assuming he lives to serve the full term without any reductions for good behavior or other mitigating factors.
The State led by prosecutor Tekera Fatuma told the court that the convict Markwell Machena, (18) of Village Machena, under Chief Nemangwe in Gokwe South was employed as a domestic worker by the mother of the children.
It is alleged that during a period extending from 28 to 30 March 2025, Machena would lure the girls with mega snacks into his bedroom. While inside his room he would tie their legs and hands with ropes and raped them one after the other.
Matter came to light after their mother found them naked in Machena’s room and they revealed that they had been raped.
She had seen the suspect a few minutes earlier, leaving the room.The matter was reported to the police and the suspect was arrested
