Tendai Mange
A
26-year-old convict at Mutimurefu Prison recently appeared before Masvingo Magistrate
Dambudzo Malunga for sodomising his fellow prisoner.
26-year-old convict at Mutimurefu Prison recently appeared before Masvingo Magistrate
Dambudzo Malunga for sodomising his fellow prisoner.
Elias
Chikomo (26) is being charged of indecent assault as defined in Section 66(1) (a)
(ii) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 09:23.
Chikomo (26) is being charged of indecent assault as defined in Section 66(1) (a)
(ii) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 09:23.
It
is the State’s case that sometime this year, the accused approached Saul Rimwe
(19) of Matimba Village, Chief Ndanga, Zaka who is also an inmate of Mutimurefu
Prison in his cell and gave him some food.
is the State’s case that sometime this year, the accused approached Saul Rimwe
(19) of Matimba Village, Chief Ndanga, Zaka who is also an inmate of Mutimurefu
Prison in his cell and gave him some food.
Rimwe
accepted the food in good faith thinking that Chikomo was just doing him a
favour.
accepted the food in good faith thinking that Chikomo was just doing him a
favour.
Later
that day, Chikomo entered Rimwe’s cell and demanded that he pays for the food
he ate by allowing him to sodomise him.
that day, Chikomo entered Rimwe’s cell and demanded that he pays for the food
he ate by allowing him to sodomise him.
Rimwe
turned down the demand but Chikomo prickled him with a shoe needle and forcibly
sodomised him.
turned down the demand but Chikomo prickled him with a shoe needle and forcibly
sodomised him.
Chikomo
repeated the offence the following day.
repeated the offence the following day.
The
matter came to light when Rimwe developed some stomach complications and he
opened up to a medical personnel at Mutimurefu Prisons.
matter came to light when Rimwe developed some stomach complications and he
opened up to a medical personnel at Mutimurefu Prisons.
A
report was made to Masvingo Rural Police Station leading to Chikomo’s arrest.
report was made to Masvingo Rural Police Station leading to Chikomo’s arrest.
