Man caged 17 years for raping barlady

A CIVIL Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe employee will spend the next 13 years behind bars after he was convicted of raping a woman who works at a bar along Airport Road in Harare in December 2015.

Shepherd Rundofa (26) had initially claimed to have had consensual sex with the 26-year-old woman in denying the rape charge.

In passing sentence, magistrate Themba Kuwanda said cases of abuse of women were on the rise and perpetrators deserved deterrent sentences to discourage would-be offenders.

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