A Zimbabwean man, Simbarashe Chadiwa, was eight years ago sentenced to 18 years in jail for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl.
The alleged victim who is now 18, has exonerated Simbarashe saying the confession was triggered by a series of casualties that befell her and her family. She is quoted as saying:
That man never raped me but I was under so much pressure that I ended up wrongly implicating him.
That action has been haunting me daily such that I can no longer live with the fact that there is someone out there who is suffering for a crime that he never committed in the first place.
A lot of misfortunes are also happening at our home, which makes me suspect it has to do with the grief on the part of Simbarashe, hence my decision to come clean.
The unnamed lady further revealed that the passing of her mother who recently died of a mysterious ailment triggered her confession adding that a sangoma told her to come out clean.
Simbarashe’s brother, Tapiwa Chadiwa, said he delivered the news to his brother and the detained literally broke down. Tapiwa told Tilder Moyo-Karizamimba:
He could not hold a discussion with us, he was simply drowned in tears.
The fact that it has taken this long to finally have justice prevail was overwhelming for him.
We were all so emotional we could not go into a decent talk to chart the way forward.
It is alleged that Simbarashe who was about 21 years old and his friend visited the girl’s homestead, where the latter intended to see the family maid, who was his lover.
The girl’s mother was away in Botswana. When the mother returned, she queried why her daughter seemed to be having a limp in her walk.
This led to the chain of events that ended with the conviction.
Tapiwa said Simba was married and his wife is still there waiting for him.
So the judge convicted him on what grounds ? Innocent people being jailed by these so called perfect judges
Zimbabwean judges choose their own evidence. They are used to deny justice to please ZanuPF or simply in compliance with ZanuPF position.
Let the government pay this Guy for this 8yrs without failure