Court to rule on Zim group sex case

The Extension II Magistrate Court is expected to make a ruling later this month on whether five soldiers and two special constables accused of indecently assaulting Zimbabweans, have a case to answer.

The accused have also been charged with facilitating rape after allegedly forcing two Zimbabweans to have sex without their consent. 

The prosecution and the defence both made their submissions this week. The defence counsels submitted that their clients have no case to answer since the evidence of the complainants was manifestly unreliable. They also questioned the manner in which the identification parade was conducted and that the complainants never gave the police a prior description of the suspects. 

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