A 67-year-old man from Masvingo's Chief Charumbira area has been dragged
to court on allegations of raping his daughter 13 years ago after
giving her orange juice lace with an intoxicating substance.
The
man (name withheld to protect the victim) but is of Sani Village was not
asked to plead when he appeared before Masvingo magistrate Ms Lyn
Manyika yesterday.
He was remanded in custody to 8 October for trial.
He was ordered to apply to the High Court for bail because of the gravity of his case.
The
State led by Ms Shamiso Masokovere said the chances of him interfering
with the State case were high considering that the key witnesses were
his family members.
Ms Masokovere said that on 25 May 2000 at about 4pm,the man took orange juice and mixed it with an intoxicating substance.
He gave his unsuspecting daughter who was 14-years -old at the time.
She drank the juice and got intoxicated.
The court was told that after the girl who is now 27 years-old took the juice, she was unable to do anything for herself.
The man then took her to his bedroom where he raped her once.
The matter came to light sometime this month when the victim was getting married.
The
woman told her husband that she was once sexually abused by her
biological father after which a report was made to the police leading to
the father's arrest.
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