Former TAFIC coach�s rape case continues

Gaobonwe
Gaobonwe

FRANCISTOWN: A former TAFIC football club coach, Newman Gaobonwe, appeared in court for continuation of trial in a case in which he allegedly raped an 11-year-old mentally disabled primary school student.

The accused allegedly committed the offence at Gerald Estates on January 29, 2014. The fourth prosecution witness in the matter, Badi Jackson, who was also the complainant’s class teacher at Moremogolo Primary School, said that she noticed that the complainant was feeling sleepy during lessons. Jackson said that she continued waking her up adding that the complainant later voluntarily came to her and narrated what had allegedly happened.

“The complainant told me that she felt pain on her body. She told me that she met the accused on her way from church at night. She said the man asked her where she was staying and she told him that she was staying at Block One.

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