Serial rapist in court on 8 counts

A SUSPECTED serial rapist from Harare’s Rugare high-density suburb, who allegedly terrorised under-aged girls in the Churu Farm and Glen View areas, was yesterday arraigned before the courts facing eight counts of rape and robbery.

The suspect, Chrispen Bonda (35), who reportedly sexually assaulted under-aged girls before robbing them, appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa, who remanded him in custody to February 9..

It is the State’s case that on February 1 last year and at around 9pm, one of the complainants, aged 13 years, retired to bed in the dining room together with his brother aged five, while their parents slept in a nearby bedroom.

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