A 27-year-old Epworth man was on Saturday arrested for reportedly raping two commercial sex workers in a parked car.
Man arrested for raping two thigh vendors. Tawanda Kamvura reportedly raped the two sex workers aged 30 and 38 after threatening to kill or unleash his two vicious dogs on them if they resisted.
One of the victims resides in Waterfalls and the other in the Engineering area of Highfield. On the day in question, the victims were picked up at Chiremba Shopping Centre at night where they were soliciting for clients.
Harare provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Luckmore Chakanza, confirmed the arrest, saying the victims were referred to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals for medical examination.
“Police arrested a Highfield man for raping two women believed to be sex workers in Epworth. On January 6 at around 8pm, the complainants went to Chiremba Shopping Centre in Epworth. At around 1am, electricity went off, plunging the whole shopping centre into darkness. Since the victims were new in the area, they remained stationary in the veranda waiting for clients.”
Insp Chakanza said Kamvura approached them.
“The accused person arrived driving a silver Toyota Mark 11 and offered to take them to his sister’s house for the night. The victims noticed that there were two dogs in the vehicle and they were driven to an unknown place where he parked and took turns to rape them without protection.
“He was threatening to unleash his dogs or shoot them with a gun if they resisted. He took their money amounting to US$40. One of the victims begged to leave the car pretending to relieve herself after she was raped and rushed to a nearby house where she raised alarm, and the accused person was apprehended.”
