A PROMINENT Beitbridge businessman, Edwin Tumbare (40), has
been slapped with an effective 15 years in jailed for raping his domestic
employee.
Tumbare denied the charge when he appeared before regional
magistrate Crispen Mberewere on Tuesday.
The magistrate, however, convicted him at the close of the
State’s case after overwhelming evidence was proffered against him. He then
sentenced him to 15 years in jail.
The prosecution, led by Munyonga Kuvarega, told the court
that on January 11, 2018 at around 11pm, Tumbare got home from Lutumba Business
Centre, where he runs a grocery shop, butchery and bottle store.
He ordered the maid to unlock his bedroom and to follow
him. The convict then raped her once.
The following day, the maid told her sister about the
ordeal. The sister then accompanied her to the police to make a report. Newsday
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