THE mother of a girl, who was allegedly raped by Madzibaba Gathry Chirodzero at his home, claims the controversial faith healer threatened her with a gun when she resisted his attempts to rape the minor. Madzibaba Gathry was back in court yesterday where he is facing allegations of raping the minor with the help of his wife, Diana Chauke (37), who is the second accused. The complainant’s biological mother, who is 45 and whose name has been withheld to protect the girl’s identity, is the third accused in the raping of the minor.
Yesterday, gruesome details emerged in court as Madzibaba Gathry, his wife and the mother’s child testified. The mother’s child took aim at Madzibaba Gathry in her testimony. “You used a bottle to cut my daughter and you put the blood in a bottle before you sat on her and started slapping her,” she said.
“I put it you that you sent your wife to call my daughter and told my daughter that you had resolved that you had to have sex with her for her siblings to be healed. “Initially, you asked me to look for someone to sleep with my child for the problem to end and, after your insistence, I ended up saying I was going to look for someone to sleep with my child in a bid to stop you from asking me that. “Your wife said I was delaying the healing process by going to look for the person when you were there and you supported her, is that not true?” She claimed Madzibaba Gathry instilled fear in her when his wife brought a gun and handed it to him.
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“Is it not true that you said you were going to kill me because I was refusing to allow you to sleep with my child? “And when you pointed the gun at me and that’s when I said you can do whatever you want as I feared for my life.” She claimed Madzibaba Gathry’s wife said it was fine for her husband to sleep with the minor in their bedroom, while she was going to sleep elsewhere. She claims that was the occasion Madzibaba Gathry allegedly raped her daughter.
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