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A 23-year-old man from Filabusi in Matabeleland South has been sentenced to an effective 20 years’ imprisonment by the Gwanda Regional Court after being convicted of rape and armed robbery.
The court handed down sentences of 15 years for rape and five years for armed robbery, according to the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ).
The offence took place on 14 March 2026, when the offender and an accomplice, who remains at large, armed themselves with a pistol and an axe and broke into a homestead in the Sukaslihambe Co-operative area.
They threatened a sleeping couple and stole a 24-inch Samsung television, a 30-watt solar panel, three 12-volt batteries, two shaving machines, two mobile phones, and US$43 in cash, with the total value of stolen property estimated at US$263.
Before fleeing, the pair dragged the couple outside at gunpoint. Both men then took turns raping the 22-year-old wife, with the convicted offender raping her twice.
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