A DIRECTOR of a security company that offers services at
many government premises lost his cool in court yesterday and started assaulting
his estranged wife after being convicted of failing to pay $42 400 maintenance
money for his three children.
Levieson Pamuchigere (44) was irked by magistrate Trevor
Nyatsanza’s decision to convict him and then ordering him to pay a $2 000 down
payment before 3pm yesterday.
After Nyatsanza finished delivering his ruling, Pamuchigere
grabbed his ex-wife by the neck near the exit door of the court gallery and
attempted to slap her with his palm before a prison guard and a court orderly
intervened to stop him from further beating her.
Pamuchigere tried to flee from the court, but police
officers followed him outside the court building and arrested him.
He was charged under case number RRB 3420165 at the court
and accompanied to Harare Central Police for processing of the new charge.
The court heard that Pamuchigere, of Nharira Views in
Norton, was ordered by Harare Civil Court magistrate on October 18, 2013 to pay
school fees for his three children with former wife Catherine Pamuchigere.
However, the convict defaulted paying maintenance for the
period extending from October 18, 2013 to July this year, accruing a debt of
$42 400.
But Pamuchigere, in his defence, denied ever failing to pay
maintenance. He told the court that he paid a total of $95 000 to the
complainant and showed the court the evidence.
The complainant counter argued that the $95 000 payment was
her salary, saying she was a secretary at Role Security.
Talkmore Muganhiri appeared for the State. Newsday
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