PE man in dock for lesbian rape
Mncedisi Ntengo from New Brighton township is on trial for raping a lesbian woman allegedly because “she made herself look like a man”.
|||Port Elizabeth - A man accused of raping a lesbian woman allegedly because “she made herself look like a man” is on trial in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Monday.
The 37-year old man cut a forlorn figure in the dock while he faced charges of rape and kidnapping.
According to the State, Mncedisi Ntengo who hails from the New Brighton township, raped the woman on three occasions during December 2014.
Court documents outline how one evening the woman accompanied Ntengo to a tavern to drink beer. The State alleges Ntengo then instructed the woman to go with him to buy mandrax but while en route to a dealer he broke into a shack and forcefully raped her. Ntengo who is the woman's “cousin-brother” did this allegedly because “she made herself look like a man and because their grandmother wanted to sell their family home”.
On the second occasion the woman, who cannot be identified, was forced to walk with Ntengo who then allegedly hit her with a beer bottle and pushed her into a school fence at Ben Sinuka Public School. He then forced her into an open classroom where he raped her with a condom.
According to the State, Ntengo once again forced her to accompany him to buy and smoke mandrax. The 27-year-old woman passed out as a result and was raped for the third time. She later managed to escape.
On Monday, Dr Norma Meslane, who had previously examined the woman, testified during cross examination that it was not possible for the sexual act to have been consensual. Meslane said that while she did not note any physical injuries on the woman's body, her clothing was covered in blood and she appeared “very traumatised”. She said that it was clear by clinical observation there was penetration. “It could not have been consensual sex, if it was there would of been lubrication, it would of been slip slip wet wet,” said Meslane.
The woman also took the stand on Monday to give her version of events to the court.
Prosecutor Jason Thysse asked how she had felt after the alleged ordeal to which she replied she would prefer to write her feelings down. Her letter is expected to be read out in court on Tuesday.
African News Agency