A 60 -year-old man from Plot 52, Summerset in Gweru has
been sentenced to 30 years in jail after he raped a woman and her daughter, one
after another.
The complainants who are aged 31 and 10 years respectively
were raped on the guise that the accused Wester Maposa was exorcising them of
evil spirits.
Regional Magistrate
Phathekile Msipa at Gweru Magistrates Courts found Maposa guilty on two counts
of rape and she suspended five years leaving the latter with an effective
25-year jail term.
It is the State case that on December 25, 2019 at 8am the
complainant and her daughter went to return mopani worms the former bought from
Maposa as they were bad and no longer edible. The two found Maposa at home
alone.
Maposa gave them food to eat before telling the mother that
he wanted to take her to a certain prophet on the following day so that she
gets treated for her mental problem.
The complainant and her daughter went back home to collect
clothes for the journey since they were going to spend the night at the
convict's place. They returned and they were served lunch with Sadza and
chicken.
At night they all slept in the accused’s bedroom with the
complainants sleeping on the floor.
It was during the night that Maposa pulled out an iron bar
which was under his bed and ordered the complainant and her daughter to remove
their clothes. Maposa then took a white cloth and rubbed their breasts and
private parts claiming that he was removing evil spirits.
He then told the complainant that the spirit had tasked him
to have sexual intercourse with her and the complainant refused.
She tried to run away but she was struck on the head with
an iron bar and she fell down unconscious. Maposa raped the complainant while
she lay unconscious and then raped her daughter.
The two complainants were released after the mother
regained consciousness and they went straight to report the matter to Police. Masvingo Mirror
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