Tendai Charumbira
A man from Chief Nyajena area in Masvingo was recently sentenced to an effective 27 years in prison by Masvingo Magistrate Biashard Chineka for raping his two daughters on several occasions.
The accused pleaded not guilty but was convicted after full trial on March 10 2022 and was sentenced to 32 years behind bars, with five years conditionally suspended.
Prosecutor Liberty Hove told the court that in June 2021 around midnight, the accused knowing that he was alone with his 17-year-old daughter, went to her room and raped her after threatening her with death if she screamed after which he spent the whole night in her room.
On July 8 2021 around 2100 hours the rapist came home drunk. His family was already asleep and instead of going to his bedroom he went straight to his 13-year-old daughter’s bedroom.
When he was about to get inside her blankets, the second complainant ran to her mother and told her about the fathers intentions.
The accused then dragged his wife into their bedroom and locked her up and then returned to his daughter’s room and raped her twice.
The matter was later reported to the police leading to the accused’s arrest.
Both complainants were medically examined and medical reports were produced in court as exhibits.
