ZIMBABWE
Zimbabwe Mail
THE trial of Harare pastor Martin Robert Gumbura, accused of raping seven women from his church, opened yesterday with the man of the cloth denying the charges and claiming that some of the victims were his lovers.
In his defence, the pastor who has 11 wives and 30 children, said he had consensual sex with five of the women including his sixth wife’s young sister.
Harare area public prosecutor Mr Jonathan Murombedzi and Mrs Kudzai Chigwedere, who represented the State in the case, applied to have all the witnesses testify in camera but regional magistrate Mr Hoseah Mujaya only granted the application in respect of three.
Outlining the defence case, Gumbura’s lawyers Ms Rekai Maposa and Mr Emmanuel Samundombe said Gumbura intended to marry the women and that the rape charges do not stick.
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