adminMashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter
A PRISONER serving a jail term for rape and indecent assault at Khami Maximum Prison, allegedly sodomised fellow prison inmates and threatened to kill them if they reported him to officials, a court heard yesterdayRegional magistrate Mark Dzira heard this when Obert Sibanda, 31, appeared before him facing two counts of aggravated indecent assault. He was remanded in custody to October 17 for trial.
Prosecuting, Tinashe Dzipe told how Sibanda would make life miserable for two men who are aged 23 and 42 with whom he shared a cell at the prison. He said on August 29 this year, Sibanda and the 23-year-old victim were sleeping in separate blankets when he woke up and sneaked into the victim’s blankets.
“The victim woke up and found Sibanda in his blankets. He then confronted Sibanda demanding an explanation as to why he was sodomising him,” said Dzipe.
Sibanda started apologising and the victim reported the matter to a prison officer the following morning, but the matter was swept under the carpet.
The court heard that on September 14 shortly after 12 midnight, the other victim aged 42 was sleeping when he started experiencing anal pain. He woke up and discovered that his buttocks were stained with semen. He then spotted Sibanda as he was returning to his blankets and became suspicious. A report was made to prison authorities and Sibanda was arrested.
The court heard that Sibanda was in the habit of waking up his victims and sodomising them before threatening to kill them if they reported the matter.
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