A GROUP of five men reportedly ambushed a Filabusi couple,
threatened the man who fled from the scene before one of them raped the woman.
Kennedy Wonder Ndlovu (23) of Marumba B Village in Filabusi
was not asked to plead when he appeared briefly before Gwanda magistrate, Miss
Lerato Nyathi facing a rape charge last week. He was remanded in custody to 9
September for trial.
Prosecuting, Miss Ethel Mahachi said Ndlovu raped the woman
on 13 February at around 3am while she was on her way from a nightclub with her
boyfriend.
“On 13 February at around 3am the complainant and her
boyfriend left Sibiya Nightclub in Theleba Business Centre in Filabusi where
they had been drinking and proceeded home. After they had walked a distance of
about 500 metres from the nightclub they were approached by a group of five men
who were flashing torches and Ndlovu was among them.
“Ndlovu produced a catapult and threatened to assault the
complainant’s boyfriend who fled from the scene leaving his girlfriend behind.
Ndlovu dragged the complainant into the bush for a distance of about 100 metres
while his friends followed,” he said.
Miss Mahachi said Ndlovu pulled the complainant into a
disused mine about five metres deep and raped her while his friends watched.
She said after he was done Ndlovu and his friends left and he forgot his
catapult and a black hat at the scene.
Miss Mahachi said the complainant went back to the business
centre where she sought assistance and the matter was reported to the police.
The police attended the scene and recovered Ndlovu’s belongings. She said
Ndlovu who was on the run was arrested on July 10.
Meanwhile, a 38-year-old Bulawayo man has been arrested for
allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl who is a Form Four pupil at a local
college.
The man from Queens Park West who cannot be named to
protect the identity of the minor, pleaded guilty when he appeared before
Bulawayo magistrate Mr Franklin Mkhwananzi last week.
Prosecuting, Mr Nkathazo Dlodlo told the court that on 31
July, the girl was coming from a butchery in the area when she met the man who
was driving along the way. The man however, drove along Free Road and upon
reaching Robert Mugabe Way, he turned at the Post Office into Cardigan Road
towards a bush.
Then along the way he suddenly parked his car. The court
also heard that he then jumped to the passenger’s seat where the girl was
seated and opened a condom. He adjusted the seat and raped the girl once.
After the incident he threatened the complainant not to
tell anyone what had happened. The case was later reported to Queens Park
police station leading to the man’s arrest. Sunday News
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