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Terrence Paradza Masvingo Bureau
A Gutu man has been jailed for an effective 20 years for raping and impregnating his daughter, claiming it was a ritual to cast out evil spirits. Masvingo provincial magistrate Ms Lyn Manyika on Monday jailed the 44-year-old man from Nyamandi communal lands after overwhelming evidence was presented against him. He appealed for a lenient sentence, claiming he committed the crime on the instructions of a traditional healer.
Facts are that between October and December last year, the man devised a plan to sneak into his daughter’s bedroom with the intention to rape her.
He left his bedroom in the dead of the night and sneaked into his daughter’s hut and got inside her blankets.
He caressed his daughter and threatened to kill her if she made any noise before raping her. The man was arrested after the daughter alerted her mother who immediately filed a police report.
Mr Joshua Mundondo appeared for the State.
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