Children’s home boss acquitted of rape

THE Harare Regional Court has acquitted an operations assistant at an orphanage who was being accused of raping a 13-year-old orphan at the facility.

Lloyd Josamu (31) of Adlyn Road in Marlborough had pleaded not guilty to indecent assault and two counts of rape.

Josamu, who was being represented by Liveours Mundieta, was acquitted after a full trial with magistrate Sandra Mupindu ruling that the witnesses’ testimonies were inconsistent.

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