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Lesley Chikudo, [email protected]
A 30-YEAR-OLD artisanal miner has been dragged to court for allegedly raping his 13 year old stepsister, resulting in her falling pregnant.
The man from Mbundane suburb in Bulawayo whose name has been withheld to protect the victim appeared before Western Commonage magistrate Mrs Sibongile Marondedze who remanded him in custody to 25 February pending DNA test results.
According to the state case presented by prosecutor, Ms Christine Manyika, the incident happened sometime in January last year when the complainant was doing Grade Seven at a local school.
“On the day in question the accused was sleeping in his bedroom at the family house before he relocated with his wife,” said Ms Manyika.
She said the accused then called the complainant to his room so that they could watch a movie on his cellphone.
“The type of the movie was not specified, as they were watching the movie the accused jumped over the complainant and grabbed her by the neck,” said Ms Manyika.
The court heard that after that the accused then lifted the complainant’s dress and removed her undergarments.
“Upon removing her undergarments the accused forcefully covered the complainant with a blanket so that she could not scream while he was raping her,” said Mrs Manyika.
In his defense the accused said he did not commit the offence, and claimed it might be someone else who raped and impregnated the girl.
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