Blessed
Mandaza
CHIREDZI– A 27-year-old man from Mwenezi
Estates recently appeared before Chiredzi Regional Magistrate Judith Zuyu
facing rape charges as defined in Section 65 of the Criminal Law (Codification
and Reform) Act Chapter 09:23 after he allegedly kidnapped a ten year old girl
from her home yard before raping her in the nearby bush.
The state represented by Noel Muranda
alleged that on the November 4, 2020, the accused visited the complainant’s
house where he found her sweeping the ashes at their fire point outside the
house. The accused then summoned the girl and she refused to comply.
The accused approached the juvenile and
grabbed her before disappearing into the nearby bush.
According to state papers, the accused
then pushed the complainant down and ordered her to lie down, undressed her and
had sexual intercourse with her.
The state argued that after the
complainant was raped, she was threatened with death if she made any report.
She got home, took a bath and never
alerted her parents of the ordeal.
The mother and aunt noticed some blood
stains and unusual step from their daughter but she refused to disclose that
she had been raped and that she got bruised in between her thighs.
On November 14, 2020, the complainant’s
mother noticed some thick white vaginal discharge on her daughter’s private parts
before the juvenile disclosed that she had been raped leading to a police
report.
The accused is being represented by
Knowledge Mabvuuri of the Chihambakwe Law Chambers and the case was remanded to
the April 14, 2021.
