A Kwekwe man aged 23 has been arraigned before the Gweru Magistrates’ Court on allegations of rape.
The accused person and the complainant are not related. Allegations are that sometime in September 2024 at around 1500 hours the accused person dragged the 10-year-old girl into an unfinished building where he told her that he wanted to have sexual relations with her. He allegedly threatened to kill her if she screamed or told anyone.
The court heard that he then removed her clothes before allegedly raping her. The accused person only stopped when he heard a voice calling the complainant’s name. On the 14th of September 2024 at around 2000 hours the accused person cut off his manhood with a knife whilst screaming that the complainant was his wife. The matter came to light when the complainant confided in her grandmother about the offence.
The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe made an application for the accused person to be examined by two doctors in terms of the Mental Health Act and the application was granted. The accused person was remanded from a hospital bed in Gweru where he is receiving medical attention. He will appear before the court on the 8th of October 2024.
