Rape Accused Claims Victim Agreed To Sex

Monday, November 27, 2017

A Motswana man, accused of raping a 43-year-old Zimbabwean woman in 2015, has told the Broadhurst Magistrate Court on Thursday that the sexual encounter was consensual.

The accused claimed that the victim decided to report him to the police after he took the P200 note he gave her to look for change to pay the agreed amount.

When given the opportunity to cross-examine the victim after her testimony before Magistrate Gaseitsewe Tonoki, the accused person claimed that the victim agreed to have sex with him.

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