Three women, identified as
21-year-old Sandra Ncube, Riamuhetsi Mlauzi, 23, and 25-year-old Mongiwe Mpofu
have been arrested after they allegedly gang-raped and detained a pastor who
had come to demand money he was being owed by one of them.
The man is a pastor at a local
church in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Ncube, Mlauzi and Mpofu, who
reside at the same house in Cowdray Park suburb, were arraigned before Western
Commonage magistrate Mr Lungile Ncube on charges of aggravated indecent assault
on Tuesday.
The Magistrate ordered that the
accused be remanded in custody till August 7 for continuation of trial.
Police prosecutor, Mr Petros
Shoko said the complainant had gone to the women’s residence to demand money
from Mlauzi sometime last week.
The prosecutor said that “On July
14, 2017, at around 7PM, the complainant went to the three accused persons’
residence to collect his money from Riamuhetsi Mlauzi, which she owed him.”
He explained further that the
court that the complainant was ushered into the house before Ncube held him by
the waist and fondled his private parts.
Shoko said, “They forced him to
lie on the bed and undressed him. Ncube sat on his chest and he tried to push
her away. However, Mlauzi, who was in the same room, held his legs together and
sat on top, pressing him against the bed.”
He said that Mpofu, who was in
another room, allegedly brought condoms and placed one on the complainant’s
manhood and allegedly assisted to hold the complainant down as he was
resisting.
He added that “Ncube had sexual
intercourse with the complainant once, without his consent.”
During trial, the trio denied
“raping” the complainant but admitted indecently assaulting him.
One of the accused, Ncube said,
“We were just playing around Your Worship. I did not think that he would take
it seriously.
Also, Mpofu distanced herself
from the incident and said she had only been called to bring condoms.
She said, “I was not part of it.
They just called me to bring condoms. We keep condoms around the house and
there were some in my room, so I just brought them.
Mlauzi said she wanted to “fix”
the pastor, whom she accused of having a tendency of walking in on her when she
was bathing.
Mlauzi said, “He always walks in
on me bathing and claims to be unmoved as a man of God. I just wanted to see if
he was going to be aroused or not. I did not plan to execute the whole rape
thing, Your Worship.”
However, Magistrate Ncube
referred the complainant to Mpilo Central Hospital for a medical examination.
He was also told to provide medical report in court as evidence as the matter was adjourned till August 7.
He was also told to provide medical report in court as evidence as the matter was adjourned till August 7.
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