Grandpa rapes 15-year-old

Noah Pito in HURUNGWE
A 68-year-old man from Hurungwe last week appeared in court for allegedly raping his 15-year-old granddaughter when she came to his bedroom to get maize-meal to prepare breakfast.
The 68-year-old man was not asked to plead when he appeared before Karoi resident magistrate Mr Robson Finsin last Thursday, and was advised to apply for bail at the High Court.

He is alleged to have committed the crime in February when his wife left him with their granddaughter as she went to work in a field.
The girl was to perform household chores and prepare breakfast.

The grandfather was in his blankets when the girl entered the bedroom to get the maize-meal.
It is alleged the man suddenly rose from the bed and wrestled his granddaughter onto the bed.

The court was told that the girl bit his right hand in order to break free, but the man threatened to kill her if she resisted and he raped her once.
The girl only revealed the alleged rape when she saw her grandparents sharing the bed, telling her grandmother that she too had slept with her grandpa there.

Her grandma later took the matter to Tengwe police who arrested the man. He will be back at the court on April 2 this year.
Mr Webster Dimingo prosecuted.