A 60-year-old man from Inyathi has been arrested for allegedly rɑping a 98-year-old granny after asking for water at her homestead.
Thembinkosi Ncube appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Mr Dambudzo Malunga last week and was remanded in custody to 14 July, charged with rɑpe as defined in Section 65 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23.
The State’s case, as presented by prosecutor Ms Tarisai Mutarisi, is that on 18 November last year, Ncube entered the complainant’s homestead and asked for water.
The court heard that the complainant gave him water to drink and he went away.
A few minutes later, the State told the court, he came back and the complainant asked if he had left anything for which he replied that he was satisfied with the water that she had given him and now wanted to quench his thirst for sex. He then force-marched her into her kitchen hut while threatening to kill her. Ncube reportedly drew a knobkerrie from his jacket and pushed the complainant to the floor where he rɑpǝd her once.
Ncube ran away after the incident, but his luck ran out after he rɑpǝd yet another village woman barely 10 days later. On the second count, the State alleges that he arrived from behind holding a hoe and threatened to behead the complainant and her daughter, who were working in their field, if she refused to have ƨǝxuɑl interc0urse with him. He dragged the complainant for a short distance from her daughter but within the field and rɑpǝd her once, threatening her with death if she screamed.
The complainant reported the case to the village head, who then took the matter to the police, leading to Ncube’s arrest. Ncube’s actions have sh0cked and outraged the community.
Source MyZimbabwe
