7.9.2024
1:32
A
33-year-old
gold
panner,
Tafadzwa
Nkonde,
has
been
arrested
for
allegedly
raping
a
woman
in
Chinhoyi
and
forcing
her
to
drink
poison
after
she
rejected
his
sexual
advances.
Nkonde
appeared
before
the
Chinhoyi
Magistrates
Court
on
Thursday,
facing
murder
charges
under
Section
47
of
the
Criminal
Law
Codification
and
Reform
Act
Chapter
9:23.
According
to
the
National
Prosecuting
Authority
(NPA),
the
incident
occurred
on
August
30,
2024,
when
Nkonde
approached
the
now-deceased
Nokuthula
Mazivisa
as
she
was
walking
to
her
garden
in
the
Dandadale
area
of
Chinhoyi.
He
allegedly
offered
her
US$5.00
for
sexual
services.
Said
the
NPA:
The
now-deceased
refused
to
entertain
the
accused
person,
which
did
not
go
down
well
with
him.
He
grabbed
the
now
deceased’s
neck
from
behind
and
dragged
her
into
the
bushes
where
he
raped
her
once.After
raping
the
now-deceased,
he
took
a
bottle
of
pesticide
that
was
in
the
complainant’s
handbag
and
shoved
the
contents
down
her
throat.
He
disappeared
into
a
nearby
bush.Passersby
heard
the
now-deceased
groaning
and
went
to
investigate.
The
accused
person
reappeared
on
the
scene
and
was
positively
identified
by
the
now-deceased
who
narrated
her
ordeal
to
the
witnesses.The
now
deceased
was
rushed
to
hospital
where
she
died
upon
admission.
The
Chinhoyi
Magistrates’
Court
remanded
Nkonde
in
custody
to
the
18th
of
September
2024.
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