A 22-YEAR-OLD Dete man has been arrested for allegedly
raping a 14-year-old girl who turned down his love proposal.
The man allegedly pestered the girl asking her to marry him
and after his advances were denied several times, he raped her on Sunday last
week.
He was not asked to plead to rape when he appeared before
Hwange magistrate Ms Rangarirai Gakanje who remanded him in custody to
Thursday.
Prosecuting, Mr John Chisango Mutyakaviri said the man
assaulted the girl before raping her once in a bush.
“On 26 April, the accused proceeded to a homestead where
the complainant was staying and asked her to accompany him to his home as she
was meant to be his wife. The girl refused and the accused pestered her
insisting she was his wife. The girl was staying with some neighbours in the
same village.
“A woman (name withheld to protect the girl’s identity) who
was present at the homestead suggested that they proceed to the complainant’s
mother who would help them resolve the matter,” he said.
The accused, the girl and the woman set off to the girl’s
parents’ homestead and along the way, the man suddenly pounced on the girl and
pushed her down while grabbing a t-shirt she was wearing.
The court was told that the girl managed to free herself
and escaped half-naked leaving the man holding the t-shirt.
He allegedly chased after the girl and caught up with her.
“He assaulted the complainant with open hands and also used
some sandals that he was wearing to assault her all over the body,” said Mr
Mutyakaviri.
The woman who was accompanying the two tried to intervene
but was overpowered by the man. She left the man and the girl as she went to
seek help. The man took the opportunity to rape the girl once. -Chronicle
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