By Tendai Rupapa
A 25-YEAR-OLD woman is now jobless and without a husband following a rape attack that robbed her of virginity and left her HIV positive.
The Harare Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday that the woman, who was employed as a security guard, was raped on several occasions by her supervisor as part of blackmail and was also infected with the virus.
When her husband discovered that the woman was HIV positive, it is alleged he sent her packing since he had tested negative.
Baltmore Mudhivhare (48), who is employed as a security guard at a local hospital, yesterday appeared before Mr Donald Ndirowei charged with rape and deliberate transmission of HIV.
He was remanded in custody to July 10 with instructions to apply for bail at the High Court due to the seriousness of the offence.
Prosecutor Miss Sharon Mashavira alleged that sometime in 2012 -the year in which the complainant got employed at the hospital – while she was on night duty, Mudhivhare approached her.
He allegedly accused the woman of committing undisclosed offences at work before demanding sexual favours to keep the matter under wraps.
Mudhivhare ordered the woman to go to the laundry room where he raped her.
The woman, who was said to have been a virgin, cried for help but no one came to her rescue.
Mudhivhare allegedly came back the same night and raped the woman again. He ordered her not to tell anyone before threatening her with dismissal.
The woman, the court heard, got married the following year but Mudhivhare kept on sexually abusing her.
When she got pregnant, she went for HIV testing and she came out positive while her husband was negative.
This angered the husband who subsequently sent her packing, the court heard.
It is the State’s case that the victim was also dismissed from work after Mudhivhare levelled false charges of misconduct against her. This was after she had turned down his sexual demands.
She later opened up to a friend who advised her to report the matter to the police. The Herald
