A CHIPINGE Rural District Council representative for Ward
13 Cllr Daniel Dhliwayo Chivhovho (63) was on Tuesday dragged to court on
allegations of raping a mentally challenged woman thrice.
Cllr Chivhovho, of Grassflats Farm, in Chief Mutema’s area,
appeared before Mr Poterai Gwezhira on Tuesday facing three counts of rape.
He was not asked to plead and the matter was remanded to
January 30, 2020. Mr Gift Bikita prosecuted.
He said sometime in February 2019, Chivhovho went to the
complainant’s house intending to see her husband.
“When he arrived at the complainant’s homestead during the
day, he found the complainant alone washing plates outside. The accused person
grabbed the complainant by the stomach, demanding sex. The complainant refused,
but the accused promised to give her some bags of maize after sex,” he said.
“The accused (allegedly) pinned the complainant on to the
ground and the complainant could not scream for help since she had been
threatened with a knife by the accused.
“Chivhovho then raped the complainant once and threatened
her with death if she disclosed what had happened to anyone,” said Mr Bikita.
Mr Bikita said the second incident also occurred in
February 2019 when Chivhovho allegedly went to the complainant’s homestead and
found her alone sweeping the kitchen hut.
“The accused person entered the hut and once more demanded
sex to which the complainant refused. He forced the complainant to lie down.
She did not resist as she was afraid of the accused. Chivhovho then had sexual
intercourse with the complainant without her consent,” added Mr Bikita.
On the third occasion Chivhovho allegedly found the
complainant carrying some plates outside the house.
“He ordered her to get back into the bedroom and she is
said to have refused, but he held the complainant by her blouse and dragged her
into the hut where he raped her.
“After the act, the complainant ran to her husband’s sister
some four kilometres away and narrated what had transpired.
“A report was made to the police leading to the arrest of
the suspect,” said Mr Bikita. Manica Post
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