Harare Central Prison inmates in court for sodomy

Prosper Dembedza-Herald Correspondent

Three inmates from Harare Central Remand Prisons have appeared in court on allegations of drugging their fellow inmate before taking turns to sodomise him.

Kingswell Ngwerume (32), Kudakwashe Mazorodze (35), and Lazurus Chinobhururuka (40) appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa on aggravated indecent assault charges.

The trio will return to court on September 4 for trial commencement. The complainant is aged 20.

It is the State’s case that on August 11 this year the complainant and the accused persons went to their cells to sleep.

Mazorodze told the complainant to get into Cell C2 where there were nine other inmates including Ngwerume and Chinobhururuka.

It is alleged that the complainant woke up at around midnight and noticed that Ngwerume was fondling him.

The court heard that Ngwerume instructed him to lie facing away from him and he refused.

Ngwerume then assaulted him together with Chinobhururuka and Mazorodze.

Chinobhururuka allegedly produced a bottle and forced the complainant to drink its contents until he felt dizzy.

The trio then allegedly took turns to sodomise the complainant.

After the act, they returned to their places and were chided by another inmate only known as Gunners.

The complainant reported his matter to a prison officer who opened the cell the following morning and he was taken to the hospital.