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Man rapes daughter, 10, to get rich
14 Jun 2014 at 07:34hrs | Views
A BULAWAYO man who pleaded with his wife to sleep with his own daughter claiming that it would bring an end to their problems, was yesterday sentenced to an effective 12 years in jail for rape.
Moses Matingo, 31, a vendor from Nketa 9 suburb, who was facing three counts of rape, had pleaded not guilty to the charges.
But regional magistrate Crispen James Mberewere convicted him on all counts.
Passing judgment, Mberewere said rapists deserved to be removed from society for the safety of children.
"Your case is not only criminal, but an abomination in African culture. Society disapproves such activity and expects perverts like you to be withdrawn from it so that children are safe," he said.
Mberewere sentenced Matingo to 15 years imprisonment and suspended three years on condition that he does not commit a similar offence in the next five years.
Prosecuting, Trust Mudume told the court that sometime in September last year, Matingo told his daughter that she was now grown up and it was time she became a real woman when they were left at home alone.
"On the same day, he then led his 10-year- old daughter to the bedroom and told her to lie on the bed, removed her skirt and panties before raping her.
"He did this on several occasions but the juvenile did not tell her mother as she had been threatened by the father," Mudume said.
The court heard that Matingo would rape his daughter during his wife's absence, especially on Sundays when she went to the market.
Mudume said Matingo would call his daughter into his bedroom, cover her mouth with a blanket before forcibly having sexual intercourse with her.
In her testimony, Matingo's wife told the court that sometime last year, her husband had asked for her permission to sleep with his daughter so that their financial problems would go away.
At one time, the man suggested to his wife that he needed to sleep with their daughter for their problems to go away but she refused.
Her husband was bothered so much that she consulted her fellow congregants who expressed shock and suggested that she ask her daughter if he had not done so already.
She subsequently quizzed her daughter who initially denied sleeping with her father and only said he sometimes fondled her.
The woman told the court that her husband's actions came out in the open when he locked himself in the house with his daughter while she was cooking outside.
Matingo's wife said on the day in question, she sent her daughter to fetch water in the house but was surprised when she did not come back prompting her to go and investigate.
She found the main door locked, and after knocking for several times with no response she suspected her husband was up to no good with their daughter.
She threatened to report him to the police which then led him to open the door.
The daughter later told her mother about the rape leading to Matingo's arrest.
In his defence, Matingo said the rape charges were brought up by his wife because they were having marital problems.
Moses Matingo, 31, a vendor from Nketa 9 suburb, who was facing three counts of rape, had pleaded not guilty to the charges.
But regional magistrate Crispen James Mberewere convicted him on all counts.
Passing judgment, Mberewere said rapists deserved to be removed from society for the safety of children.
"Your case is not only criminal, but an abomination in African culture. Society disapproves such activity and expects perverts like you to be withdrawn from it so that children are safe," he said.
Mberewere sentenced Matingo to 15 years imprisonment and suspended three years on condition that he does not commit a similar offence in the next five years.
Prosecuting, Trust Mudume told the court that sometime in September last year, Matingo told his daughter that she was now grown up and it was time she became a real woman when they were left at home alone.
"On the same day, he then led his 10-year- old daughter to the bedroom and told her to lie on the bed, removed her skirt and panties before raping her.
"He did this on several occasions but the juvenile did not tell her mother as she had been threatened by the father," Mudume said.
The court heard that Matingo would rape his daughter during his wife's absence, especially on Sundays when she went to the market.
Mudume said Matingo would call his daughter into his bedroom, cover her mouth with a blanket before forcibly having sexual intercourse with her.
In her testimony, Matingo's wife told the court that sometime last year, her husband had asked for her permission to sleep with his daughter so that their financial problems would go away.
At one time, the man suggested to his wife that he needed to sleep with their daughter for their problems to go away but she refused.
Her husband was bothered so much that she consulted her fellow congregants who expressed shock and suggested that she ask her daughter if he had not done so already.
She subsequently quizzed her daughter who initially denied sleeping with her father and only said he sometimes fondled her.
The woman told the court that her husband's actions came out in the open when he locked himself in the house with his daughter while she was cooking outside.
Matingo's wife said on the day in question, she sent her daughter to fetch water in the house but was surprised when she did not come back prompting her to go and investigate.
She found the main door locked, and after knocking for several times with no response she suspected her husband was up to no good with their daughter.
She threatened to report him to the police which then led him to open the door.
The daughter later told her mother about the rape leading to Matingo's arrest.
In his defence, Matingo said the rape charges were brought up by his wife because they were having marital problems.
Source - chronicle
