A CHIPINGE man, who assaulted his wife with a burning log,
yesterday heaved a sigh of relief after she withdrew charges against him.
Reuben Mhlanga (46) assaulted his wife, Vimbai Mubonisi for
delaying to give him a cellphone torch which she was using for lighting while
cooking.
After being released from hospital, where she was being
treated for serious burns, Mubonisi said she had forgiven her husband despite
the fact that he had been convicted and was awaiting sentence.
She told Chipinge magistrate, Joshua Nembaware yesterday
that she wanted to withdraw the charge of physical abuse as she feared her
husband would lose his job and plunge the family into poverty.
“I have decided to withdraw the charges against my husband
because if he is incarcerated I will suffer together with the children because
he would lose his job. He is the breadwinner and above all I have also forgiven
him for what he did to me because he apologised,” she said.
Mhlanga, of Smithfield Farm under Chief Mapungwana, had
been convicted on his own plea of guilty to the charge and was remanded in
custody to yesterday for sentencing.
Prosecutor, Shamiso Ncube told the court that on April 6,
Mhlanga assaulted Mubonisi for refusing to give him the torch which she was
using while preparing supper.
He slapped her thrice on the face, picked a burning log
from the fireplace and used it to further assault her.
Mubonisi suffered serious burns on the face, hands and left
breast. She reported the matter to the police and was rushed to hospital.
Newsday
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