The man, from Mlowizi Village, who cannot be named for
ethical reasons, was not asked to plead when he appeared before Gwanda
Magistrate, Miss Lerato Nyathi facing two counts of rape.
He was remanded in custody to June 22. Prosecuting, Ms
Faith Mutukwa said the accused person raped his granddaughters on several occasions
last year.
“On a date unknown to the prosecutor during the period
extending from January to September 2020 the accused person was alone with the
complainants while their grandmother had gone to attend a funeral. He called
the first complainant who was playing outside with her sister into his bedroom
and she complied.
“He told her that she was now grown up and he wanted to
have sexual intercourse with her but she refused. The accused person grabbed
the complainant and pushed her onto the bed and raped her. After he was done,
he gave her some sweets in order to stop her from crying and warned her against
reporting the matter and she remained quiet,” she said.
Ms Mutukwa said on another day during the same period the
accused person was alone at home with the complainants when he called the
second complainant into his bedroom and raped her and threatened her against
reporting the matter to anyone.
She said the accused person went on to rape the
complainants on several occasions while their grandmother was not around.
Ms Mutukwa said the matter came to light in October last
year when the complainant’s mother arrived from South Africa and they revealed
to her what their grandfather had done to them.
The matter was reported to the police resulting in his
arrest. Chronicle
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