A 32-yaer-old traffic officer stationed in Gweru has been arr3sted for allegedly r@ping a form four student after buying her a burger and a soft drink. Constable Michael Jackson has recently appeared before Gweru Regional magistrate Mr Christopher Maturure facing one count of r@pe.
According to the prosecutor Talent Tadenyika , On October 28, 2022 and at around 8 pm, the complainant arrived home from Windsor Park, Gweru where she was attending a party with her friends.
The accused approached the complainant and requested her to accompany him to Milan Restaurant, Gweru. They boarded the accused’s motor vehicle, X-Trail and drove to town and bought a burger and a drink and gave the complainant. The accused drove the motor vehicle along 7th Street, Gweru, and when they arrived at Gweru Rural Police the accused stopped the vehicle where he started to f0ndle her bre@sts.
The accused person removed the complainant’s jean trouser and panties, he lowered his trouser and wore protection and had sexu@l interc0urse once without her consent.
Through his prominent Gweru lawyer Mr Esau Mandipa of Mandipa, Makwara and Chikukwa Legal Practice entered a plea of not guilty to r@pe.
Jackson said he did not have s@x with the complainant and Jackson is out on US$100 bail.
