CCC MP Chidziva Charged with Rape | Man Up for Sodomy
The court heard that Chidziva raped the girl three times between April and August this year.
CCC MP Chidziva Charged with Rape | Man Up for Sodomy
CCC Member of Parliament for Glen View North, Happymore Chidziva, has been charged with raping a 17-year-old girl.
Chidziva was not asked to plead when he appeared before Harare regional magistrate Mrs Marehwanazvo Gofa. He will be back in court on 8 October and was advised to apply for bail at the High Court.
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The court heard that Chidziva raped the girl three times between April and August this year. On the first count, Chidziva is accused of forcing the girl into intimacy without protection at a Harare hotel, before giving her US$25.
In July, he allegedly booked a room at a guest-house in Waterfalls suburb and raped her again. The third incident occurred on August 9.
The girl eventually disclosed what had happened after receiving a threatening call from a private number.
CCC MP Chidziva Charged with Rape | Man Up for Sodomy
In related news…
A 50-year-old man from Kuhudzai Village, Mutare, was brought before the Mutare Magistrates' Court facing charges aggravated indecent assault.
On the 4th of May 2024, at around 2200 hours, the complainant (42) was coming from Kuhudzai shops going home when the accused person approached from behind, grabbed the complainant by the neck and squeezed him before pushing him to the ground.
The accused person then forcibly had anal sexual intercourse with the complainant. The complainant shouted for help but no one heard him. He sustained some bruises on his neck, around his right eye and a swollen mouth.
The complainant revealed the matter to his friend before reporting the matter to the police. The accused person was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.
