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Senior citizen caught red-handed raping mentally challenged teen
02 May 2014 at 05:17hrs | Views
A 72-YEAR-OLD Norton man, Silas Tapfumaneyi Chitiki was allegedly caught while raping a 17-year-old mentally-challenged teenager in his house.
The senior citizen was allegedly caught red-handed by a 10-year-old girl, who followed the mentally-challenged teenager as she was being shepherded into Chitiki's house.
The incident that left Chitiki's neighbours shocked allegedly occurred on January 8 this year at around 6pm.
According to the State papers, the complainant visited Chitiki's house where she wanted to get some mango fruits in his yard.
The teenager proceeded to pick fruits from the trees and was approached by Chitiki, who held her by the hand and led her into his house.
At that juncture, the State alleges that the girl witness saw the unfolding events and decided to follow the pair to find out what was about to take place.
It is alleged that when the witness drew nearer Chitiki's house, she peeped inside and saw Chitiki on top of the teenager having sex with her without her consent.
The State alleges that the witness left the premises and reported the matter to the teenager's relatives.
The matter was later reported to the police leading to Chitiki's arrest.
A medical report compiled by the doctor who examined the teenager indicated that penetration was effected.
On Wednesday, Chitiki - who was struggling to walk due to old age and unable to hear properly - was not asked to plead when he appeared before regional magistrate Noel Mupeiwa charged with rape.
He was, however, remanded out of custody to May 23 for trial on $50 bail.
Details of his next remand date had to be written down on a piece of paper on his behalf by regional court interpreter Shamiso Maposa as he was unable to follow the court proceedings.
He was, however, advised to hand over the piece of paper to his grandchildren to enable them to remind him of his next court date.
The senior citizen was allegedly caught red-handed by a 10-year-old girl, who followed the mentally-challenged teenager as she was being shepherded into Chitiki's house.
The incident that left Chitiki's neighbours shocked allegedly occurred on January 8 this year at around 6pm.
According to the State papers, the complainant visited Chitiki's house where she wanted to get some mango fruits in his yard.
The teenager proceeded to pick fruits from the trees and was approached by Chitiki, who held her by the hand and led her into his house.
At that juncture, the State alleges that the girl witness saw the unfolding events and decided to follow the pair to find out what was about to take place.
It is alleged that when the witness drew nearer Chitiki's house, she peeped inside and saw Chitiki on top of the teenager having sex with her without her consent.
The State alleges that the witness left the premises and reported the matter to the teenager's relatives.
The matter was later reported to the police leading to Chitiki's arrest.
A medical report compiled by the doctor who examined the teenager indicated that penetration was effected.
On Wednesday, Chitiki - who was struggling to walk due to old age and unable to hear properly - was not asked to plead when he appeared before regional magistrate Noel Mupeiwa charged with rape.
He was, however, remanded out of custody to May 23 for trial on $50 bail.
Details of his next remand date had to be written down on a piece of paper on his behalf by regional court interpreter Shamiso Maposa as he was unable to follow the court proceedings.
He was, however, advised to hand over the piece of paper to his grandchildren to enable them to remind him of his next court date.
Source - NewsDay
