21ST CENTURY WONDER, THREE WOMEN ALLEGEDLY RAPED A PASTOR (READ MORE)

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THREE women have been arrested after they allegedly
detained and “raped” a pastor who had come to demand
money he was owed by one of them.
The man, whose name has been withheld for ethical
reasons, is a pastor at a local church and is from
Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo.
Sandra Ncube (21), Riamuhetsi Mlauzi (23) and Mongiwe
Mpofu (25) who reside at the same house in Cowdray
Park suburb, appeared before Western Commonage
magistrate Mr Lungile Ncube charged with aggravated
indecent assault.
They were remanded in custody to August 7 for
continuation of trial.
Prosecuting, Mr Petros Shoko said the complainant had
gone to the women’s residence to demand money from
Mlauzi sometime last week.
“On July 14, 2017, at around 7PM, the complainant went
to the three accused persons’ residence to collect his
money from Riamuhetsi Mlauzi, which she owed him,”
said the prosecutor.
The court heard that the complainant was ushered into
the house before Ncube held him by the waist and
fondled his private parts.
“They forced him to lie on the bed and undressed him.
Ncube sat on his chest and he tried to push her away.
However, Mlauzi, who was in the same room, held his
legs together and sat on top, pressing him against the
bed,” said Mr Shoko.
Mpofu, who was in another room, allegedly brought
condoms and placed one on the complainant’s manhood.
She then allegedly assisted to hold the complainant down
as he was resisting.
“Ncube had sexual intercourse with the complainant
once, without his consent,” said Mr Shoko.
During trial, the trio denied “raping” the complainant but
admitted indecently assaulting him.
“We were just playing around Your Worship. I did not
think that he would take it seriously,” said Ncube.
Mpofu distanced herself from the incident and said she
had only been called to bring condoms.
“I was not part of it. They just called me to bring
condoms. We keep condoms around the house and there
were some in my room, so I just brought them,” said
Mpofu.
Mlauzi said she wanted to “fix” the pastor, whom she
accused of having a tendency of walking in on her when
she was bathing.
Mlauzi said: “He always walks in on me bathing and
claims to be unmoved as a man of God. I just wanted to
see if he was going to be aroused or not. I did not plan to
execute the whole rape thing, Your Worship.”
Magistrate Ncube asked Mlauzi what she aimed to
benefit from the attack, and she said she just wanted to
prove to the pastor that he had feelings like everybody
else.
“I wanted him to see that he was not special and was not
immune to sexual arousal. When I touched him, he
immediately got aroused. And that is all we wanted to
see,” she said.
The matter was reported at Cowdray Park Police Station
and the complainant was referred to Mpilo Central
Hospital for a medical examination. A medical report was
produced in court as evidence.

Ndile Tshuma, Court Reporter