Zimbabwe: Pastor Escapes 20 Year Jail Term – Court Hears Rape Was Reported 12 Years Later

A Harare pastor has been spared from serving a 20-year jail term after the High Court quashed his conviction and sentence, having found that the lower court erred in finding him guilty.

Jeane Pierre Dusabe was jailed by a Harare magistrate for allegedly raping and indecently assaulting a minor girl he took custody of after her parents divorced back in 2014.

The rape only emerged ten years later, when the girl got married, with a formal report being made later in 2023.

The court heard, Dusabe was…