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A man from Seke Village who raped his friend’s wife twice without protection has been sentenced to an effective 18 years in jail.
Travolta Gijimani (37) was convicted on two counts of rape after a full trial by Chitungwiza regional magistrate Mr Clever Tsikwa. Mr Tsikwa slapped him with a 10-year prison term for each charge and suspended two years on condition of good behaviour, but ordered the sentences to run consecutively.
Prosecutor, Ms Pamela Dzinduwa, told the court that in September this year, Gijimani and his wife visited the complainant’s house and asked her to take care of their children since they were travelling to their rural home.
She agreed and went to their house to be with the children. But Gijimani returned on another day at around 7:30am when his children had gone to school and the complainant, who is aged 24, was sleeping in the spare bedroom.
She said she saw Gijimani entering the room holding a kitchen knife demanding sex from her, but she refused.
However, he raped her and threatened to kill her with the knife if she ever disclosed the matter to anyone.
He then returned to his rural home where he had left his wife. On the second count, Ms Dzinduwa proved to the court that in October, the complainant’s husband sent Gijimani US$25 to give to his wife, who is the complainant.
After handing over the money to his friend’s wife, Gijimani raped her again, without protection. A report was later made leading to Gijimani’s arrest.
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