Police have confirmed that a 14-year-old Form 2 student from Ruwa was r@ped by a 21-year-old man she met at a bar where her stepmother had taken her. The teenager was drinking with her stepmother when she encountered Clive Sibanda, who allegedly proposed a relationship with her. Disturbingly, the victim told police her stepmother encouraged her to accept Sibanda’s advances.
Harare provincial police spokesperson Inspector Luckmore Chakanza stated that Sibanda was arrested for r@ping the minor and that the victim had been taken to hospital for medical examination. According to reports, the trio drank alcohol together until around 9 p.m., after which Sibanda drove them home. The girl’s father became furious upon their return and ordered them to go back to where they had been. The stepmother then called Sibanda, who returned and took them back to the same bar.
That night, the teenager and her stepmother slept in a room at the bar where Sibanda allegedly r@ped the girl once without protection while the stepmother was present in the same room. The following morning, they returned home around 9 a.m., with the stepmother allegedly lying to her husband that they had slept at a friend’s house. The girl later broke down and disclosed the assault to her aunt, prompting a report to the police and Sibanda’s arrest.
