Kereke’s appeal against rape case conviction and sentence deferred

Former Zanu-PF legislator Munyaradzi Kereke’s appeal against both conviction and sentence for raping his then 11-year-old niece at gunpoint was deferred to a later date after it emerged that the judge who is supposed to preside over the case was not available.

Kereke’s lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu argues that the statements given by the complainant are contradictory. Said Mpofu:

The statements given to the police are themselves contradictory. In one statement, appellant totally undressed the victim. In the other, he simply lifted the dress. In one statement, after the act, the victim went into her room and slept after the incident. In the other, she wept all night through.

Private prosecutor Mr Charles Warara is opposing Kereke’s appeal arguing that it is devoid of merit. 

More: Herald

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