A Chitungwiza man was yesterday jailed 14 years effective for raping a 20-year-old mentally-challenged woman.

Simbarashe Mazoni (28) was convicted by Chitungwiza regional magistrate Mrs Estere Chivasa after a full trial.
He was initially sentenced to 16 years in prison before two years were suspended on condition of good behaviour.

In passing the sentence, Mrs Chivasa blasted Mazoni for his behaviour which she said was unacceptable.
“This is a rare case where a culprit was caught red-handed abusing a mentally-challenged person and the arrest was effected by another civilian,” she said.

“There is need to protect the society from unruly people like you, worse, you deflowered the victim and failed even to use protection, exposing her to sexually-transmitted diseases.”
In mitigation, Mazoni begged Mrs Chivasa to give him community service as he was the breadwinner in his family.The Herald