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High Court throws out convicted rapist’s appeal

Judges of appeal Happias Zhou and Benjamin Chikowero quashed the 10-year jail term he was handed down on the basis that the State mainly relied on circumstantial evidence.

AN Epworth man, who is serving an 18-year jail sentence after raping his nine-year-old step daughter, has lost his bid to freedom after the High Court threw out his appeal against both conviction and sentence. The man, who is HIV positive, was convicted in 2017 by a Harare magistrate after being found guilty of two…

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