A MAN from Gokwe has been sentenced to 90 years in jail for raping his employer’s three daughters.
Midlands’s police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko said Markwell Machena (18) who is from Chief Nemangwe area in Gokwe South was employed as a domestic worker by a mother of three children.
He said two of the girls were aged six while the other one was seven.
“It was reported that from between March 28 and 30 this year, Muchena lured the girls with snacks into his bedroom,” Mahoko said.
He said Muchena tied the legs of girls with ropes and rape them one after the other.
“The matter came to light after their mother found them naked in Muchena’s room and they revealed that they had been raped. She had seen Muchena leaving his room a few minutes earlier,” Mahoko said.
He said the matter was reported to the police leading to Muchena’s arrest.
“He was taken to court on the 1st of this month where he was tried and convicted for six counts of rape. His matter was presided over by Gokwe Magistrate Stanley Mbanje,” he said.
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