Chiredzi man caged 20 years for raping stepdaughter

A 37-YEAR-OLD Chiredzi man will spend the next 18 years behind bars for sexually abusing his 10-year-old step-daughter several times.

Two years were set aside on condition of good behaviour.

Prosecutor Batanai Emmanuel Mathose told the court that on a date unknown to him, but from mid-January to February 9, 2019, the convict took advantage of his wife’s absence and raped the girl, threatening to assault her with a switch if she screamed.

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