Pastor Belo has a Rape Case to Answer - Magistrate

Senior Resident Magistrate Assunta Maxwell, has this Tuesday found a Pastor Wyson Belo of Chisomo Ministry in Thyolo with a case to answer on allegations that he raped two women of his congregation under the guise he was anointing them.

Magistrate Maxwell indicated that the accused should mount a defense on two counts of rape under (Sec. 132 of Penal Code) leveled against him for allegedly obtaining sex from two women fraudulently in 2018 and 2019.

She said though the women granted consent, the acts amounted to false representation of the facts as he convinced them through Bible verses that their marital problems would be solved.

Earlier, the women told the court that the suspect raped them twice in separate occasions after he convinced them that every religious leader has a special way of administering anointing to the followers.

The case has since been adjourned to September 20, 2022 this year, in a matter defense lawyer, James Tate Chiundira, says, will parade four witnesses and cross-examine the alleged rape survivors.

"Much obliged your worship. I should ask for an adjournment so that we bring four witnesses which would include the victims," Chiundira said.

Meanwhile, state prosecutor Michael Pauline has hailed the court for considering their submissions as it now remains with the defence to prove the case otherwise.

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