Popular Johanne Masowe WeChishanu Apostolic sect leader,
Madzibaba Spenlodge Madenyika, yesterday appeared in court for allegedly raping
his employee.
Madenyika was not asked to plead when he appeared before
Harare magistrate Mrs Learnmore Mapiye.
He was remanded out of custody on his own recognition and
ordered not to interfere with witnesses.
He was also ordered to continue residing at his given
address. Mrs Mapiye set October 23 as Madenyika’s trial date.
The court heard that on August 27, Madenyika called the
complainant, who is 27 years old, and asked her to meet him at a service
station in Southerton so that he could give her some money.
It is the State’s case that around 7.45pm, Madenyika
arrived at the service station and asked the complainant to get into his car on
the pretext that he wanted to give her the money in private.
The court heard the complainant got into the back seat and
Madenyika drove along Harare Drive and parked the car near Willow Road.
It is alleged that Madenyika went to the back seat and
began molesting the complainant before he raped her.
He ordered her not to tell anyone. The State told the court
that, Madenyika drove away from the scene and later dropped off the
complainant.
The complainant left her panties in the car and went to her
friend’s house. The friend accompanied her to their pastor’s house to report
the rape. Herald
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