A LOWER Gweru woman approached the court last Friday
seeking a peace order against her husband whom she accused of routinely bashing
her for blocking his move to take in a second wife.
Sekiwe Revai alleged that her husband Simon Mamoya
occasionally physically and verbally abused her after she refused to allow him
to remarry.
“He (Mamoya) is in the habit of beating me saying he wants
to marry a virgin,” Revai told the court.
“My husband has also neglected his duties as a father and
left me with the children and besides the physical abuse he also verbally
abuses me.”
But in his defence, Mamoya alleged that his wife was a liar
who wanted to sell their house once she gets the protection order.
He also claimed that his wife was the one who was in the
habit of running away from the matrimonial home and would at times come back
after two days.
Gweru magistrate Elizabeth Magomore ruled in Revai’s favour
and granted her the peace order before urging the couple to shun domestic
violence. Newsday
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