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GRANNY : I WAS RAPED BY SIX HOURS

A 92-year-old granny, wept in court as she narrated how shewas raped by a 23-yea-old man for six hours.“My body is in pain because of what he did, he throttledme, and as a result of that my throat and neck are painful and I am now havingdifficulties swallowing.“I am hurt and if allowed, I would have struck him with mywalking stick now, may he rot in prison because I looked after his

“My body is in pain because of what he did, he throttledme, and as a result of that my throat and neck are painful and I am now havingdifficulties swallowing. “I am hurt and if allowed, I would have struck him with mywalking stick now, may he rot in prison because I looked after his father, yethe never behaved in the manner the accused did,” she told a magistrate. B Metro reports that the emotional plea by the granny wasmade when Meluleki Ngwenya appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate SekaiBenhilda Chiwundura facing rape charges.

He pleaded guilty to the charge andwas remanded in custody to 21 October 2024 for sentencing. In mitigation,Ngwenya shocked the court when he claimed that the rape was unintentional andthat he had no intention of harming the victim. “It happened unexpectedly, and I have no valid reason forraping the complainant.

I actually found the complainant in bed and raped her.”.