A SELF-proclaimed prophet from Gwanda has been arrested for
allegedly raping a 16-year-old juvenile under the pretext of healing her.
The prophet allegedly told the juvenile, who is a
neighbour, that he had to sleep with her in order for her to be healed warning
that the teenager would go mad if she did not comply.
He was not asked to plead when he appeared briefly before
Gwanda magistrate, Mrs Nomagugu Sibanda, facing a rape charge.
The prophet was remanded in custody to May 9 for trial. Prosecuting,
Miss Faith Mutukwa said the prophet allegedly summoned the juvenile to his
house on February 2 in order to prophesy to her.
“On 2 February (the prophet) summoned the juvenile to his
house as he wanted to prophesy to her. He prayed for a paper which he gave to
her and told her to put it under her pillow at night so that she would dream of
the person who bewitched her. He further instructed the juvenile to return the
paper to him on the following day together with some charcoal.
“The following day, the juvenile went back to the prophet
with the paper as he had instructed. He invited the juvenile into his bedroom
and told her that she had something in her stomach which was causing her to be
ill and it had to be removed.
“He said he had to have sexual intercourse with her in
order to cleanse her. The juvenile refused and he told her that she would go
mad if she did not comply,” she said.
Miss Mutukwa said the prophet allegedly forcibly removed
the juvenile’s clothes and raped her.
After committing the alleged offence, he gave her milk to
drink and some to bath in and told her that she had been cleansed.
Miss Mutukwa said the prophet warned the juvenile against
reporting the matter to anyone.
She said the matter came to light on March 10 when the
juvenile fell ill and revealed to her mother what the prophet had done to her. Chronicle
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