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Court Reporter
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a final year student teacher from Hillside Teachers’ College who was in the habit of picking up prostitutes from a hotel, allegedly raped and robbed them of their cellphones at knife point.
Mathias Takavangadza (24), of Chikwadze Village, Chief Nyajena, Masvingo, yesterday pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery and was convicted.
Senior Western Division Regional Magistrate Mr Owen Tagu sentenced him to 10 years in prison of which three years were conditionally suspended for five years. In mitigation, Takavagadza, who was supposed to close college yesterday, and majored in Geography, told the court that he committed the offences because he was facing financial difficulties.
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