A 20-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo waded through a pond of raw
sewage in a bid to escape an angry mob after he was caught red handed trying to
rape a 60-year-old woman.
Thabani Ncube of Entumbane suburb met the victim in a bushy
area in their neighbourhood and beat her up with a stick, bit and choked her
before attempting to rape her.
The woman fainted
but Ncube continued the sex attack, trying to undress her. She was rescued by a passerby who called out to residents
to come and witness imihlolo (cultural taboo) that he was seeing.
Ncube jumped into a pond of untreated human waste but angry
residents fished him out, meted out mob justice and handed him over to the
police.
Ncube appeared before West Commonage magistrate, Ms Gladys
Mushowani, facing attempted rape charges and was sentenced to four years in
prison.
The magistrate suspended 12 months on condition that Ncube
will not commit a similar offence in the next five years.
Prosecuting, Mr Tapiwa Solani said on July 4 this year at
around 11AM, Ncube spotted the complainant who was alone fetching firewood in a
bushy area in Entumbane suburb.
“Ncube chased the
complainant and caught up with her. He struck her with a stick and she fell
down. He bit the complainant’s left thumb and strangled her before attempting
to rape her,” said Mr Solani.
The prosecutor said the woman screamed for help and Ncube
tried to muffle her using a piece of cloth.
“The complainant tried to resist and the accused person
assaulted her with a stick resulting in her losing consciousness,” said Mr
Solani.
He said the complainant was rescued by a passerby who had
responded to her screams. Mr Solani said
Ncube threw himself into an overflowing sewer between Emakhandeni and Entumbane
suburbs in a desperate bid to evade apprehension.
Members of the
public teamed up and fished Ncube out of the water. Chronicle
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