By Simbarashe Sithole
Rushinga based police officer Tarisai Madondo was sentenced to 15 years in jail yesterday at Bindura regional magistrates courts after raping a lower sixth student.
Madondo was jailed by magistrate Amos Mbobo yesterday after a full trial with the name of the girl protected for ethicsl reasons.
Prosecutor Edward Katsvairo told the court that on September 26 last year the complainant boarded a bus to school in Rushinga.
She sat next to a police officer who was clad in police uniform.
Madondo discovered that the complainant had some jelly gummies which had some alcohol content.
He threatened to report her to the school authority before taking her to a police base before Madondo delayed the girl and called her father lying that she had arrived safe at school.
Madondo was found guilty of raping the girl several times with a condom during the night before releasing her the following morning.
The rape came to light when the girl was quizzed by the school authorities after missing a morning lesson leading to her revealing the rape.