A 52-year-old grandfather from Buhera has been sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for r*ping his 14-year-old mentally-challenged granddaughter.
Sometime in September last year, the grandfather travelled from his village to the complainant’s village and found her in her kitchen hut. He entered the kitchen hut and ordered her to lay down on the floor facing upwards.
He then r*ped her and threatened to kill her if she ever reported the matter to anyone. But the complainant reported the case to her mother when she returned from Harare.
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In another story, A 28-year-old Wedza uncle and his niece (20) were sentenced to 15 years in prison each at Marondera Magistrates’ Court after they were found guilty of r*pe and setting up a neighbour for r*pe, respectively.
The woman charged that she set up her 15-year-old neighbour to be r*ped by her uncle. In Wedza, on the 27th of January 2024, the niece approached the complainant, pretending that she wanted to sleep over at the girl’s house. The second accused gave the excuse that her grandmother was not around and she was afraid to sleep alone.
After the complainant agreed, the second accused asked her to accompany her back home as she had forgotten her phone…read in full