Man sneaks into neighbour's blanks at night in bid to rape his wife

RESIDENTS of Chibila Compound in Binga are still reeling in shock after a 21-year-old daring man Alfa Mutale took advantage of the absence of his neighbour and the cover of darkness to sneak into the blankets of his neighbour's wife - Risk Chigazya - and attempted to rape her.

Thinking it was her husband who had returned Chigazya begun to respond by c*ressing Mutale's manhood and it was only when she turned to kiss him that she touched his head to discover that it wasn't him.

Mutale who pleaded guilty when he appeared before Binga resident magistrate, Stephen Ndlovu on Thursday was lucky when he was charged with indecent assault instead of attempted rape.

He was sentenced to six months for unlawful entry and a further 24 months for indecent assault.  Chigazya told the court that she thought it was her husband who had returned.

Prosecutor Bruce Maphosa told the court that on April 14, at around 3AM, Mutale woke up and walked to a nearby hut in the compound where Chigazya was sleeping with her 12-year-old relative.

Mutale opened the door which was not locked and slipped into Chigazya's blankets.

He started c*ressing Chigazya's breasts and buttocks.

Thinking it was her husband who had returned she begun to respond by c*ressing his manhood.

As the scene heightened she turned to kiss him but stopped when she touched his head only to make a shocking discovery that the man she was about make love to wasn't her husband. Chigazya screamed and shouted to her relative to close the door as there was an intruder. The relative who was sleeping next to the door rushed out before locking the door from outside.

The two started screaming for help waking up the whole compound resulting in Mutale's apprehension.

Mutale shocked the court when he claimed that he was drunk and was not aware of his actions.