By Staff Reporter
Rusape – A 39-year-old man has been sentenced to an effective 20 years in prison for assaulting and raping his 80-year-old girlfriend’s mother in Rusape.
The incident according to a statement by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) occurred on June 1, 2024, just after midnight when the man, stormed into the elderly woman’s home in search of his girlfriend.
When the woman informed him that she was unaware of her daughter’s whereabouts, he became enraged and launched a brutal attack.
Prosecutors told the court that the man punched the elderly woman in the face multiple times and repeatedly slammed her head against the wall.
“He asked for his girlfriend’s whereabouts, but the complainant did not know.
“This did not go down well with the accused person who started assaulting the complainant with open hands several times on her face and smashed her head against the walls several times.
“He ordered the complainant to touch his manhood before he made her lie facing down and raped her,” the NPA said.
During the incident the woman’s screams alerted her daughter and son, who rushed to her aid and found the attacker holding a stick.
They apprehended him and alerted authorities.
The man was found guilty of assault and rape by a the local magistrate and sentenced to a lengthy prison term.
