Zimbabwe: Convicted Rapist in Daring Court Escape

A DARING rape convict outwitted careless prison guards and made good his escape from a Hwange court on Monday, moments after the magistrate adjourned proceedings to prepare his sentence.

Thirty-six-year-old former kombi driver, Professor Mpala, was convicted by magistrate Dambudzo Malunga for raping a mental patient aged 17 in 2012. He plied the Binga-Bulawayo route at the time he committed the offence.

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