Venganai Tenga raped the daughter that he stayed with,
three times and the mentally challenged woman once.
Magistrate Zuyu however, suspended 30 years of the sentence
on condition that Tenga will not commit a similar offence in the next five
years. This leaves Tenga with an effective 30 years in prison.
He got 15 years on each count.
Prosecutor Ronald Kwangware said in the first count, Tenga
(30) of Muchokwa village, Chief Nyakunhuwa in Zaka approached the girl who was
fetching firewood. He pushed away the firewood and tripped the girl. He lifted
her skirt and raped her.
On the second count, the accused followed the girl in a
house where she was sweeping. He produced an Okapi knife and pushed the girl
onto the mattress, pulled the girl’s skirt and raped her again.
The girl report the matter to her aunt.
In count 3, the accused again raped the girl as she was
cleaning the house.
On count 4, the accused followed a mentally challenged
woman from Kubvoruno Village, Chief Nyakunhuwa, Zaka who was coming from the
borehole.
He then ran after her, grabbed her from behind and told her
to choose between life and death. He showed her his erect organ before raping
her. Masvingo Mirror
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