A traditional prophet who claims he can heal fibroids using his penis, had sex with a married woman suffering from genital warts.
Ngonidzashe Hakata (27) was hauled before the courts for the offence of rape.
He was however acquitted of the charges although Harare magistrate Mr Adonija Masawi found that he of a truth went into a session of illicit intimacy with the woman.
Magistrate Masawi said the victim, Fadzi Manyengavana (23), did not voluntarily report the matter to the police, but was forced to do so by her husband, Victor Mudube.
Sometime in September this year Manyengavana went to Hakata’s place of residence to seek spiritual healing.
Upon arrival, it is alleged that Manyengavana joined a queue of people who had come for spiritual healing.
When her turn came, she went into the room where Hakata was.
The court heard that Manyengavana informed Hakata that she had a growth on her genitals and she was given holy water to bath.
When she came back into the house, Hakata allegedly told her that she needed to have sexual intercourse with a man other than her husband.
It is the State’s case that Manyengavana told Hakata that she did not have a boyfriend.
This, the court heard, prompted Hakata to offer himself to have sexual intercourse with her purporting that he would remove the growth.
He said if it was true that Manyengavana was raped, she was supposed to report the matter on time rather than wait for two months.
“The State failed to prove its case against the accused,” he said.