Davison Mutizwa (44) raped his friend’s sister (19) in his car, while her two-year-old son watched, after offering her a lift home on Christmas Day. The woman reportedly sustained internal injuries in her privates and bled for two weeks, a medical report revealed.
Mutizwa was yesterday convicted of rape by regional magistrate Ms Lucy Mungwari after a full trial and was remanded in custody to today for sentencing. Narrating the incident the woman said she bit Mutizwa on his left arm during the scuffle. She said when she was about to get home she handed him 25 cents for the trip since it is the usual fare and he refused it saying it was not enough and he started demanding sexual intercourse instead. When she turned down his request he suddenly became violent and stopped the vehicle before coming to the back seat where she was and took her baby from her lap and placed him on the other seat before raping her.
The scar where she bit him was seen by both counsel. In his defence, Mutizwa denied the charges saying that he was being wrongly accused. He added that the woman might have been raped by a fellow passenger who dropped off together with her, a claim that the victim denied insisting she was the only passenger. As for the scar on his right hand, Mutizwa told the court that he has always had that scar.
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