A 40-year-old man from Chipinge has been sentenced to an effective 30 years in prison by the Chipinge Regional Magistrates’ Court after being convicted of rape and robbery.
The court heard that the offender broke into the victim’s bedroom at around 1 AM on 18 September 2026 while she was asleep. He was armed with an okapi knife.
According to the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ), the man threatened to kill the victim if she made any noise and ordered her to remain silent.
He then moved around the house where he also threatened the victim’s 12-year-old nephew, ordering him to keep quiet and threatening to kill him, before demanding money from the victim.
The court heard that he returned to the bedroom and raped the victim before stealing her Huawei cellphone valued at US$90 and groceries worth about US$30, and disappearing from the scene.
The victim reported the matter to her husband after he returned from a funeral. A police report was made, leading to the man’s arrest and subsequent conviction.
On the rape charge, the court imposed 20 years’ imprisonment, with two years suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour. On the robbery charge, he was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment, bringing the effective term to 30 years.
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