Livingstone Mtetwa
CHIPINGE – A woman from Gaza last
week made a scene at the magistrate’s court after her ‘rapist’ boyfriend turned
husband was acquitted on rape charges.
The woman claimed that her
husband had raped her before they got married sometime in 2019 and could not
report the case because she was promised marriage among other undisclosed
commitments.
The state led by Thembeleni
Dhliwayo told the court that at an unknown date in 2019, the accused raped her
the girlfriend and now wife in a car along Mutakura Dam route.
It is alleged that the accused
met the complainant at Chinheya shops, Gaza Township, Chipinge and the two fell
in love.
At an unknown date the accused
contacted the complainant over the cell phone and requested her to accompany
him to Chimanimani and she accepted.
The two went on with Honda fit
vehicle and upon arrival at Mashiri, the accused changed direction and drove
along Mutakura Dam route.
He pulled off the road along
the wattle tree plantation, closed windows and locked the doors before starting
to fondle the complainant’s breasts and had sexual intercourse once without her
consent.
The accused later married the complainant
in an arrangement which would buy her silence on the matter.
It was heard that the
accused later went back on his promises prompting the woman to report the case
to the police leading to the arrest of the accused.
