Police Constable Kidnap and Rape Mary Mount High School Pupil

36-year-old Mary Mount police base stationed constable was on Friday dragged to Bindura magistrate court facing rape charges.

Mr. Edward Katsvairo representing the National Prosecution Authority said the officer last year met the Mary Mount High School pupil on board a Dzimbabwe bus on her way to school.

He said initially the girl had boarded an unnamed bus to school but it faulted close to Matope business centre. Since it was late (5 pm) she decided to hitchhike and she boarded the Dzimbabwe bus.

On the bus, she sat next to Constable Tarisai Madondo while chewing alcohol-infused jelly sweets and Madondo saw her. He allegedly threatened to report her to school authorities and she begged for forgiveness.

Around 7 pm they then arrived at Mary Mount Business Centre and as they disembarked from the bus, Madondo asked the juvenile to follow him to the charge office so he could record her statement and she complied.

On arrival in the charge office, Madondo proceeded into another room leaving the juvenile behind and came back a few minutes later, now in civilian attire.

He again left the juvenile in the charge office for about 30 minutes and came back holding beer which he tried to give to the juvenile but she refused.

According to the State, he again left the charge office into another room and came back holding a cup with some liquid and gave it again to the juvenile purporting it was water.

The juvenile accepted but as she drank she felt a sour taste and again gave him back his cup. Madondo then gave the juvenile his mobile phone and asked her to call her parents informing them that she had arrived at school safe and she complied.

After the call, he allegedly took the juvenile into his room and undressed her before raping her once putting on a condom. The two went on to sleep after the act, the officer in his room and the juvenile on a bench in the charge office.

The following morning on September 27 around 5 am, the juvenile then managed to sneak out and went to school. On arrival at school, she met the school matron who asked her why she was arriving at school during such odd hours but she could not tell her.

Later in the day, the girl then visited the mission father and informed him of her experience. The school priest immediately called the girl’s parents informing them about the issue.

He again called Mary Mount ZRP officer in charge informing him of the allegations against one of his constables.

Since the girl did not know her abuser’s name, the officer in charge then invited the juvenile to the station and called for a parade so that she could identify her abuser, which she did.

The accused was remanded in custody until next week Thursday.