A POLICE officer stationed at Fairbridge appeared in court for allegedly choking his work-mate and raping her in the toilet.

The accused cannot be named, to protect the victim. The accused appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Mark Dzira facing a rape charge.

He appeared for remand and was remanded in custody to 16 September.

The court heard that while the complainant was boozing in the company of her friends she left to the toilet to answer nature’s call. It is alleged that while she was relieving herself the accused person stormed into the toilet and grabbed her and told her to remove her clothes. He demanded to have sex with her.

The accused, the court heard, touched the victim and insisted on having sex with her. He pushed her to the ground and allegedly sexually attacked her.

The matter was reported to the police leading to the arrest of the accused.

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