FAITH NDOU
MASVINGO – A 40-year-old man from ZBS who works at Masvingo Provincial Hospital as a theatre general hand has been acquitted of raping his daughter 36 times by Regional Magistrate Innocent Bepura.
The State was represented by Liberty Hove.
The man had been accused of raping his 16-year-old biological daughter.
He pleaded not guilty, telling the court that he had ongoing marital disputes with his wife over allegations of infidelity and claimed the charges were fabricated against him.
In her testimony, the complainant stated that her father did not rape her and alleged that police officers assaulted her in an attempt to force her to nail his father.
Magistrate Bepura subsequently found the man not guilty and acquitted him of the rape charges.
The man was arrested on March 30 and had bee in remand prison until he was freed today.
