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Goodwill Mhandu (21) from Domboshava has been sentenced to 71 years in prison for numerous counts of rape and armed robberies.
The 21-year-old sex predator has been on a rampage in the outskirts of Harare, Domboshava where he has been targeting women working or operating in tuck shops since 2021.
He was convicted of raping nine innocent women before robbing them of groceries.
In 2021, Mhandu raped a woman, three times, after cornering her while she was in deep sleep in a tuckshop.
He attacked another woman with an iron bar and a knife before raping and robbing the innocent woman.
Mhandu was initially sentenced to a cumulative 71-year jail term before some years were suspended.
He was slapped with a 15-year jail term each for three rape cases.
He was also slapped with a cumulative 26 years for armed robbery and will serve an effective 19-year jail term, bringing his total jail term to 34 years and the years will run concurrently.
Prosecutor Miss Ethel Mahachi proved that the 21-year-old’s crimes were premeditated and well-calculated as he targeted women selling in tuck shops whom he raped before robbing them of groceries.
Mhandu ran out of luck after he was arrested in Domboshava early this year after police acted on a tip-off.
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