Methuseli Ncube (30) had pleaded not guilty to a rape charge and told the court that he was in a relationship with Simangaliso Nkala.
“She insisted that we have sex. She told me that she was 16 years old. I suggested that we wait till she turned 18 but she laughed at me saying I’m not a real man. I’m the only one who sees her as an underage girl. She said she had slept with men before.” said Ncube.
He added that he finally gave in to her taunts and slept with her in August last year while he was accompanying her to her grandmother’s home.
“She sent two children to fetch me. On our way she said she was tired and wanted to rest. She suggested that we sit behind a rock. That was when we slept together. I realised that she was not a virgin. I used a condom but she mocked me for doing so,” he said.
Bulawayo Regional Magistrate Mrs Sibongile Msipa-Marondedze acquitted Ncube after Nkala also testified that she and her alleged rapist were lovers.
Nkala said she had consented to having sexual intercourse with Ncube, ZimNews reports.
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