Prison officer jailed 45 years for rape

A ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services officer and his accomplices have been jailed 45 years each by Harare magistrate Fadzai Mthombeni, who convicted them of raping three minors  below the age of 12.

Kundai Zvenyika (23) and his accomplices Misheck Musarurwa (24) and Tinashe Bonda (24) will, however, serve 35 years each after 10 years were suspended on condition of good behaviour.

In her ruling, Mthombeni said Zvenyika and his accomplices pleaded not guilty during trial.

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