A 19-year-old Marange man appeared in court for allegedly waylaying and rap_ing a 14-year-old vendor.
Witness Chapeyama allegedly took some groundnuts from the minor’s basket and asked her to follow him so that she could collect her money.
When she refused, he dragged her into a bush and rap_ed her. When she tried to scream, Chapeyama stashed sand into her mouth.
He only fled after a man arrived at the scene and caught him in the act. Chapeyama appeared before Mutare magistrate, Miss Prisca Tendai Manhibi, last week on Saturday and was not asked to plead to the rap_e charges.
He was denied bail and remanded in custody to June 28.
