Mutare man jailed 20 years for raping daughter, 13

Zim Now Writer

A 33-year-old Mutare man was this week jailed for 20 years by Mutare regional magistrate, Pathekhile Msipa for drugging and raping his 13-year-old daughter.

The man will, however serve an effective 18-year jail term after two years were suspended on condition of good behaviour.

The man was convicted and sentenced for rape as defined in Section 65(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23.

Prosecuting, Nomathemba Sayi said that from 2021 to June 2022, the man raped his then Form One 13-year-old daughter in Dangamvura in a bushy area near Mutare’s Central Business District.

On an unknown date in 2021, the court heard, the man bought some fruit juice and laced it with an unknown drug before giving it to his daughter, son and wife.

The girl started feeling dizzy and threw up.

The girl reportedly saw the father lifting her brother and placing him in his car that was parked outside before she left for her bedroom.

The father followed her and raped her. Sayi said the man would rape his daughter whenever he pleased. At times he would withdraw her bus fare so that she would visit his office. He would then sexually abuse her.

At times, he would take her to a secluded bushy area and rape her in the car.

“On June 4, 2022, the complainant visited his father’s workplace as she needed a school file. Instead of the father driving to town to get the file for his daughter, he drove to a bushy area where he had oral sex with her before raping her,” said Sayi.

The girl later informed her mother about the abuse and she was taken to the police station to file a report.

She was medically examined and the report was produced in court as exhibit.