By Takudziridzwa Nyama
A 25-year-old man from Majongwe village, Mushumbi Pools, has been handed a 20 year prison sentence for raping a 43-year-old woman. He was convicted and sentenced by Bindura Magistrates’ Court.
The NPA reports that, the accused person ambushed the complainant on her way home from Mushumbi growth point. The complainant was passing through a sorghum field on a footpath when the accused person emerged from a thick bush armed with a log.
He confronted the complainant and demanded to have sex with her but she refused. She surrendered the bag of mealie meal she was carrying and begged the accused person to let her go but he refused.
She tried to run away shouting for help, but the accused chased her and grabbed her by the neck, tripped her down and raped her. He fled from the scene.
The complainant dressed herself and went home where she narrated her ordeal to her husband.
The accused person was arrested over a theft of a motorbike and was linked to the rape case. The complainant positively identified the accused person at an identification parade.