AN 18-year-old man from Filabusi has been jailed eight
years for fondling his friend’s wife and inserting his finger into her
privates.
Wayne Sibanda of Bekezela Township went to his friend’s
house at around 4AM while the wife was alone and committed the crime.
Sibanda pleaded not guilty to a charge of aggravated
indecent assault when he appeared before Gwanda regional magistrate, Mr Mark
Dzira, but was convicted due to overwhelming evidence.
He was sentenced to eight years imprisonment and three were
suspended on condition that he does not commit a similar offence within the
next five years.
In his defence, Sibanda said his friend’s wife, who cannot
be named for ethical reasons, called him to her house in the middle of the
night while her husband was not around and tried to seduce him.
“I deny the allegations levelled against me Your Worship as
I didn’t touch this woman as she has alleged. She is the one who called me on
my cell phone in the middle of the night at around 1AM asking about the
whereabouts of her husband as he was not home.
“I told her that I didn’t know and she then asked me to
come to her house. I refused to go there seeing that it was in the middle of
the night, even though she insisted. I then went to her house at around 6AM to
collect my work helmet that I had given to her husband. I found her lying on
the bed and she opened the blankets revealing her naked body and invited me to
have sexual intercourse with her. Instead I didn’t touch her at all but I left
the house,” he said.
Prosecuting, Mr Mncedisi Dube said Sibanda went to the
complainant’s home on December 17 last year at around 4AM.
He said Sibanda knocked on the door and told the
complainant that he had come to collect his helmet.
Mr Dube said the complainant opened the door and Sibanda
collected his helmet and then asked if the complainant’s husband was around.
He said upon hearing that the man of the house was not
around, Sibanda approached the complainant who was lying in bed and fondled her
breasts and inserted his finger in her private parts.
Mr Dube said the complainant screamed which forced Sibanda
to leave the house.
He said the complainant reported the incident to her
husband and the matter was reported to the police resulting in Sibanda’s
arrest.
In her statement in court, the complainant denied calling
Sibanda in the middle of the night and inviting him to her house. She also
denied inviting him to have sexual intercourse with her. Chronicle
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