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Man fatally assaulted for raping neighbor's wife
04 Apr 2012 at 07:15hrs | Views
A mob of 10 Chipinge villagers reportedly fatally attacked a man who was caught red-handed raping a neighbour's wife in Musirizwi village in the district.
Police this week said no arrest had been made, but urged people to desist from meting instant justice.
The deceased, Kenneth Majuta (26), on Monday last week went to his neighbour's homestead at Musirizwi village in Chipinge where he forced open the door at the 24-year-old complainant's hut at around 10pm.
He found her asleep in her bedroom hut. Police said Majuta went to the bed pretending he was the complainant's husband and raped her once. However, as they were being intimate, she noticed that the man was not her real husband.
She then screamed for help while preventing the rapist from leaving the hut.
One of the villagers implicated in the murder, Simon Chireni, rushed to Chigumira's homestead and found out Majuta had raped his neighbour.
He then tied him up and proceeded to call the complainant's husband, Prince Simango, who was at Lovemore Chimene's homestead in the same village.
Police said Chireni teamed up with nine other villagers and assaulted Majuta.
Chishiri said no arrests had been made because all the 10 villagers left the village after realising that Majuta would not survive.
Police this week said no arrest had been made, but urged people to desist from meting instant justice.
The deceased, Kenneth Majuta (26), on Monday last week went to his neighbour's homestead at Musirizwi village in Chipinge where he forced open the door at the 24-year-old complainant's hut at around 10pm.
He found her asleep in her bedroom hut. Police said Majuta went to the bed pretending he was the complainant's husband and raped her once. However, as they were being intimate, she noticed that the man was not her real husband.
One of the villagers implicated in the murder, Simon Chireni, rushed to Chigumira's homestead and found out Majuta had raped his neighbour.
He then tied him up and proceeded to call the complainant's husband, Prince Simango, who was at Lovemore Chimene's homestead in the same village.
Police said Chireni teamed up with nine other villagers and assaulted Majuta.
Chishiri said no arrests had been made because all the 10 villagers left the village after realising that Majuta would not survive.
Source - newsday
