Cop jailed 15 years for rape

A CHINHOYI cop will rue the day he laid his hands on a 20-year-old woman after regional magistrate Clever Tsikwa slapped him with a 15-year jail term for rape yesterday.

REPORT BY CHARLES LAITON SENIOR COURT REPORTER

The police officer Lawrence Mashonganyika (29) will, however, serve an effective 10-year jail term after five years were suspended on condition of good behaviour.

In passing sentence, the magistrate concurred with prosecutor Tracy Mundanga that Mashonganyika deserved a custodial sentence given that he had committed a heinous offence by invading the woman’s privacy.

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