A Botwswanan rape victim who is yet to be identified at the filing of this report has refused to testify against a Zimbabwean man who was arrested for raping her and others insisting that he satisfied her.
The victim who was raped by Oscar Chabaya (34) left everyone stunned when she refused to testify against him. The lady was said to have gone further to ask the police officers handling the case to give her Chabaya’s details as he had sexually satisfied her.
According to reports,Chabaya began raping women in March 2017, where he would break into his victims’ homes through windowpanes left open. Once inside, he would search the house for cell phones before raping the victims without protection.
Chabaya who was accused of targeting university students under the age of 24 before breaking into their houses at night to rape them always bragged about his sexual prowess, saying they would call him begging for more.
He was nabbed in April 2017 after police likened his DNA to an earlier robbery case in which he sustained a cut on his hand while fleeing.
However in spite of the lady’s unwillingness to testify against her abuser, the accuser proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the sexual intercourse occurred without the victims’ consent. Ruling on the case, Magistrate Willie said rape cases were on the increase in Botswana and perpetrators like Chabaya deserved stronger sentences.