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32-yr-old arrested for churchmate rape

By Cynthia Dube A 32-year-old man from Bulawayo who allegedly lured his church-mate’s granddaughter to his house during a church service and went on to rape her has been arrested. A court heard Pervical Beechy (32) of Baptist church in the city centre allegedly spent a night with a 17-year-old girl who cannot be named […]

Man gets 20 years for wife rape, stabbing

A 28-year-old man from Bulawayo who raped his 19-year-old wife in a bush and stabbed her thrice on the head before lying to the police that she had been attacked by robbers, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail.

‘Doctors afraid to testify in court see murderers go free’

By Thandeka Moyo The fear by doctors of being grilled in court over complex inquests has resulted in the country not having Zimbabwean forensic pathologists, a development that has seen some murders not being solved. The only few forensic pathologists working in the country are from Cuba and the crisis has also been blamed for […]

19-yr-old fakes being minor in rape case

By Tanaka Mrewa A man from Matobo was yesterday acquitted of raping his ‘under-age’ girlfriend who was said to be 12 years old when it was proved in court that she is 19. The woman further destroyed the State’s case when she said the two were lovers. Methuseli Ncube (30) had pleaded not guilty to […]

Hooker wife brings 60-year-old client home, husband resorts to violence

By Tanaka Mrewa A Bulawayo prostitute yesterday stunned a court after she insisted that her husband should be locked up for bashing a 60-year-old client she had brought to their matrimonial home for sex. Abigail Banda continuously drew grasps of disbelief from the gallery as she unapologetically narrated how she and her husband, Qondani Moyo […]

Railwayman acquitted of rape

By Tanaka Mrewa A moment of pleasure turned into a freedom threatening nightmare for a Bulawayo Beitbridge Railway company employee when his ‘girlfriend’ reported him to the police for rape. A court heard that Pfungwa Tsongora (29) of Southwold suburb allegedly took his girlfriend to his office at the National Railways Building (Parkade Centre) in […]