A 33-year-old Umguza man allegedly raped his 18-year-old niece and impregnated her after she turned down his love proposal, the courts heard yesterday.
The man, Lemison Moyo of Number 1 Aisleby Farm, Umguza appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Gladmore Mushove and was charged with four counts of rape.
Moyo was remanded in custody to December 20.
Prosecutors say last year in December on an unknown date, the Moyo proposed love to his unsuspecting niece Natasha Sibanda who turned him down.
He later sneaked into her room that day and raped her once threatening to kill her if she revealed the matter to anyone.
During May this year, also on an unknown date Moyo asked his niece to accompany his to farm where upon arrival he raped her once again without protection.
The court also heard that sometime in October around 1am, Sibanda was sleeping and her uncle pounced on her and though she tried to escape, he pulled her down and raped her once without protection.
Moyo however ran out of luck on 4 December when he raped his niece without protection at around 4pm.
She gathered courage and wrote a letter to her aunt informing her of how Moyo was abusive.
The aunt came down to Moyo's residence and the complainant narrated her ordeal leading to the arrest of Moyo.
Sibanda proceed to hospital for medical check up where it was discovered that she was pregnant.
Caroline Matanga stood for the state.
- Zim Metro
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