{"id":98456,"date":"2024-09-07T23:44:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T21:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/gold-panner-rapes-gruesomely-murders-victim"},"modified":"2024-09-08T01:47:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T23:47:47","slug":"gold-panner-rapes-gruesomely-murders-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/gold-panner-rapes-gruesomely-murders-victim","title":{"rendered":"Gold panner rapes, gruesomely murders victim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>TAFADZWA Nkonde (33) has been arraigned before Chinhoyi magistrates court for allegedly raping and subsequently murdering a woman for turning down his sexual request.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Thursday, the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) said allegations are that on August 30 this year, Nkonde attacked the now deceased when she was walking to her garden in the Dandadale area of Chinhoyi.<\/p>\n<p>Nkonde allegedly accosted the victim and offered her five dollars for sex, which she refused leading to the former getting agitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe grabbed the now-deceased\u2019s neck from behind and dragged (her) into the bushes where he raped her once,\u201d said the NPAZ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter raping the now-deceased, he took a bottle of pesticide that was in the complainant\u2019s handbag and shoved the contents down her throat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, the suspect fled into the nearby bushes and shortly thereafter, a passerby heard faint groaning sounds, prompting investigations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe accused person reappeared on the scene and was positively identified by the now-deceased who narrated her ordeal to the witnesses,\u201d NPAZ has said.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was rushed to the hospital where she died upon admission and Nkonde was remanded in custody to September 18.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. TAFADZWA Nkonde (33) has been arraigned before Chinhoyi magistrates court for allegedly raping and subsequently murdering a woman for turning down his sexual request. In a statement on Thursday, the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) said allegations are that on August 30 this year, Nkonde attacked the now deceased when she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":98455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[19],"class_list":{"0":"post-98456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-economy","9":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gold panner rapes, gruesomely murders victim - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"TAFADZWA Nkonde (33) has been arraigned before Chinhoyi magistrates court for allegedly raping and subsequently murderin ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/gold-panner-rapes-gruesomely-murders-victim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gold panner rapes, gruesomely murders victim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TAFADZWA Nkonde (33) has been arraigned before Chinhoyi magistrates court for allegedly raping and subsequently murderin ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/gold-panner-rapes-gruesomely-murders-victim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-07T21:44:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-07T23:47:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/09\/sm_1725740247.527141.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1152\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/gold-panner-rapes-gruesomely-murders-victim\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/gold-panner-rapes-gruesomely-murders-victim\",\"name\":\"Gold panner rapes, gruesomely murders victim - 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