Tsholotsho man (43) arrested for raping daughter

A 43-YEAR-OLD man from Tshabanda Line under Chief Gampu in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North province, has been arrested for allegedly raping his 12-year-old daughter on several occasions.

Matabeleland North police spokesperson Inspector Glory Banda said the complainant (name withheld) was left in the custody of her father after her grandmother had travelled to South Africa.

Banda said the accused ordered the complainant to sleep in the same bedroom with him before raping her sometime in April this year.

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