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Women rapists strike again, boy kept under captivity for 3 days

2013 May 18 | 3028 Views

A 17-year old Kadoma boy was raped by four women in the town at an unknown house where the boy was kept under captivity for three days.The boy was forced into the women's vehicle at gunpoint along the Kadoma Catchway road before he was driven to Kadoma while blindfolded.The four women took turns to ...

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Female rapists strike again, kidnaps a man

2013 April 14 | 3371 Views

A hunt is on for three female rapists who allegedly kidnapped a Chiweshe man from his bedroom before forcing him to be intimate with each one of them.According to police reports the 30-year-old man from Sangare village under Chief Chiweshe was last weekend kidnapped from his home before being driven...

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'Facebook Rapist' - jail term cut to 30yrs

2013 April 05 | 2655 Views

The 50-year jail term imposed on the so-called "Facebook Rapist" Thabo Bester was cut to 30 years on appeal in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in South Africa on Friday.Bester (25) pleaded guilty to raping and robbing two women he lured to Durban with promises of modelling photo shoots, and was sent...

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Female rapists pounce on a 21 year old man

2013 April 05 | 3644 Views

FEMALE rapists, on Easter Sunday pounced on a 21-year-old man from Chikanga high-density suburb, kidnapped him before raping him once in a maize field.Police confirmed the incident which happened near Murahwa stream, towards a railway line in Chikanga.Assistant Manicaland provincial police spokesman...

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Female rapists take turns to rape a man, steal his sperms

2013 April 02 | 7172 Views

A hunt is on for three suspected "sperm harvesters" who allegedly abducted a hitch-hiker and forced him to be intimate with two women before making off with his semen.Mashonaland West police spokesperson Inspector Clemence Mabgweazara yesterday confirmed the incident that occurred near a security fi...

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Two rapists sentenced to 653 yrs in jail

2013 March 27 | 4186 Views

Two men have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms by the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court for rape and house robbery, Gauteng police said yesterday.Captain Jethro Mtshali said Mozambican Jozana Orlando Mathabele (35) was sentenced to 366 years and his fellow countryman George Sithole (35) was sentence...

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Manhunt for 20-year-old rapist who raped woman (54)

2013 March 27 | 2693 Views

A 54-YEAR-OLD woman from Sizinda area in Jambezi under Chief Mvutu was allegedly raped twice by a 20-year-old man who had followed her for a kilometre while walking home at about 9.30pm.Matabeleland North provincial police spokesperson Inspector Billie Dube confirmed the incident.He said the woman w...

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Rapist uses warm salty water to restore 8-year-old girl's virginity

2013 March 26 | 5614 Views

For restoring and tightening robbed virginity, try warm salty water - Weird as it may sound, this is the prescription an eight-year-old girl received and used for seven months at the hands of a 24-year-old man who was 'washing' her organ with warm salty water every time he allegedly raped her. These...

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Rapist caught after buying his victim panties

2013 March 21 | 4863 Views

A 21-year-old Kwekwe rapist was caught after buying his victim a THONG.Kidmore Nyambira, denied raping a 10-year-old schoolgirl but was convicted by a Gokwe magistrate on Tuesday. The self-employed cobbler is starting a 20-year stretch in prison after.The victim and two friends, magistrate A...

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Rapist on parole caught raping girl (15)

2013 March 21 | 3265 Views

A convicted 30-year-old rapist in South Africa who was out on parole was caught raping a 15-year-old girl in Jabulani, Soweto police said.The Sowetan reports that the girl was on her way home from school when the rapist took her, in uniform, to a nearby reservoir and raped her several times on Tuesd...

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Rapists sentenced to do community service

2013 March 07 | 3863 Views

FOUR Mvuma men who last month took turns to rape a form two pupil have been sentenced to 280 hours of community service.The four, Brighton Vavarirai, Mcdonald Chigwembe, Donny Madzuso, Munyaradzi Firo all from Mvuma town were facing charges of statutory rape involving a 13-year-old girl whose name ...

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Rapist on bail rapes 15-year-old

2013 March 04 | 2762 Views

A serial Karoi rapist, who raped a 15-year-old schoolgirl while awaiting trial for raping another married woman, has been jailed for 16 years. Obert Guguta (39) of Tollington Farm in Karoi could have been serving 27 years in jail after being convicted of breaking into a neighbour’s house and rapin...

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Pupils 'rapist' in court

2013 February 04 | 2534 Views

A Pumula South man who was on Monday assaulted by schoolchildren after being caught red handed raping a 12-year-old girl has appeared in court.Ndabezinhle Smith Nyathi (50), of 20353 Pumula South is now facing two counts of rape after another 12-year-old girl positively identified him at a police id...

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Rapist kills victim's dad, poisons her mum

2013 February 03 | 2120 Views

A CHIMANIMANI rape suspect allegedly went berserk and axed the victim's father before poisoning her mother whom he was also bedding, in an incident which left villagers shell shocked.Police confirmed the incident which happened in Musukutwa Village under Chief Mutambara.It is alleged that Petros Muk...

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Robber cum rapist flees mob, seek refuge in mortuary freezer

2013 January 31 | 5822 Views

There was drama in Bulawayo at a funeral parlour in Kelvin North Industrial site after a mob besieged the place looking for a robber-cum-rapist who had sought refuge in one of the fridges.Funeral proceedings which were taking place at the time were reportedly stopped as the mob numbering over 20 peo...

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Rapist jailed 22 years

2013 January 20 | 2800 Views

Bulawayo magistrate told A 45-year-old Bulawayo man who was convinced of raping a 12-year-old girl rumpus in court when he claimed that his 'black mamba' was so big such that if he had forced himself on the girl, he organ was going to break off.The girl in a counter like fashion during cross examina...

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Girl (11) bites rapist's finger, forcing him to release her

2013 January 17 | 4757 Views

An 11-year-old Chirumanzu girl recently fought a would-be rapist and escaped from his grip by biting his finger, forcing him to release her.Gweru magistrate Pathekile Msipa yesterday slapped Givemore Mureva of village 64 Baru resettlement area in Chirumanzu, with a four-year jail term for attempted ...

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Zim rapist on the run after escaping from Botswana Prison

2013 January 16 | 3322 Views

A Zimbabwean who bolted from a Botswana prison a week ago is still on the run.Amos Moyo escaped from Molepolole Prison together with seven others. Four have been captured while the rest are still to be found. Moyo had been charged with raping a Botswana woman.A senior officer at Molepolole Prisons w...

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Woman bites rapist’s private parts

2013 January 04 | 5688 Views

A DANGAMVURA rapist got more than he had bargained for after his private parts were bitten by an enraged woman he had forced himself on.Blood stains at the scene of the rape show that the yet to be identified rapist, who was in the company of three others, bled profusely before he ran away wailing f...

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Zim women want harder sentences on rapists

2013 January 01 | 5425 Views

Women have condemned the year 2012 as the worst saying it witnessed the perpetration of numerous cases of gender based violence and sexual offences against them and the girl child.The chairperson of the Women's Parliamentary Caucus, Beatrice Nyamupinga, said it was disheartening to note that as Parl...

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