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Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent
A 63-YEAR-OLD Kezi man has been arrested for allegedly raping his neighbour’s 15-year-old daughter on several occasions after luring her with goodies.

The man from Mtsuli Village in Sun Yet Sen was not asked to plead when he appeared before Gwanda magistrate, Miss Lerato Nyathi facing a rape charge. He was remanded in custody to August 21.

Prosecuting, Miss Ethel Mahachi said the accused person raped the complainant in February this year.

“On a date unknown but during the month of February the accused person invited the complainant over to his house and offered her some chips and a yoghurt and after she ate went back to her home. On the following day the accused person called the complainant to his home again and promised to give her some goodies and she agreed.

“Upon arrival the accused person led the complainant to his bedroom. He locked the door and grabbed the complainant before forcibly removing her clothes. The accused person went on to rape the complainant and gave her some chips and sweets in order to buy her silence,” she said.

Miss Mahachi said during the same month the accused person called the complainant to his house on several occasions while he was alone and raped the complainant and he would give her sweets and chips in order buy her silence. He also threatened to assault her if she revealed the matter to anyone. She said the matter came to light when the accused person’s housemate found the complainant in his bedroom and revealed the matter to the complainant’s mother.

The complainant questioned her daughter who revealed that the accused person had raped her on several occasions. The matter was reported to the police resulting in the arrest of the accused person. — @DubeMatutu