A Harare magistrate on Friday sentenced a 27-year old Waterfalls gardener to an effective 15 years in jail for rape.

Magistrate Simon Kachambwa found Jeketa Mutize guilty of raping a 39-year old woman from the same suburb after a full trial although he pleaded not guilty.

It is the State’s case that on May 2 at around 9.30 pm, Mutize who was in the company of his brother, met the complainant who was walking to her home.

He offered to accompany her but she refused and continued on her journey. After walking for about four km, she saw Mutize suddenly reappearing and tried to lure her into going to his place but she again refused.

He suddenly lifted her and head-butted her.

She bled through the nose and he dragged her into a nearby bush and raped her twice.

Tragic end to cellphone dispute

HARARE magistrate William Bhila will soon preside over the trial of a 20-year old man who stabbed another man with a knife in the stomach exposing his intestines.
Clemence Mafundirwa of an unknown address is accused of assaulting Raymond Muzengeza (22) of Overspill in Epworth on February 22.
It is the State’s case that Mafundirwa, who is self employed owed Muzengeza, who is unemployed, a cellphone.

Man killed during beer drink

A  Harare man will soon appear in court on charges of culpable homicide after he allegedly killed another man by stomping on his genitals during a beer drink.

Tatenda Chidanika (28) is being charged for the crime that happened on July 24.
The police charge sheet states that on the day in question, Chidanika together with his friends approached Ephraim Masunga (35) and another man who operated from a building adjacent to the one he operates from.

Masunga and his friend were drinking beer.
Masunga’s friend asked Chidanika and his friends to leave their premises, prompting an angry Chidanika to argue with the unnamed man.

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