A young man who was dragged before the law after being accused of raping a young girl has described what really happened.
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A Zimbabwean man who was branded a "rapist" and dragged to court, has been acquitted.
The man was acquitted of r*ping his “under-age” girlfriend when it was proved in court that she is much older and had actually tricked him to have s*x with her.
According to ZimNews, the man identified as Methuseli Ncube, (30), had pleaded not guilty to a r*pe charge and told the court that he was in a relationship with Simangaliso Nkala.
“She insisted that we have s*x. 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.