A Matobo man has admitted to raping a 91 year old woman and in mitigation pleaded saying he viewed her as a young woman having been seduced by a mini-skirt the nonagenarian “was wearing”.
Mr Nicholas Ndlovu from the nearby Natisa village area, admitted guilt before Gwanda magistrate Joseph Mabeza when he conceded how he invaded the elderly woman[name withheld]’s house on the 23^rd November last year.
He on that day entered the granny’s property after claiming he needed a glass of water to drink.
After being given the first glass of water, the man then withdrew to take out a knife having begged for a second one. It was at the point of her returning that he then flung the sharp knife towards her threatening to kill her if she protests.
The court heard that he then knocked the elderly to the floor descending there and raped her once.
Upon rising up, he once again threatened her, this time telling her that if she dare told anyone, he would come back and kill her.
But word soon reached Chief Malaki Masuku when two neighbours were alerted by the woman leading to Mr Ndlovu’s arrest.
The prosecutor sounded that there are records that Ndlovu had barely a few weeks before been released from prison having served a seven year sentence for a similar rape attack in 2007.
Magistrate Mabeza ruled that a sentencing will be done tomorrow, Friday.