A CHIPINGE man was last week dragged to court for allegedly
brutally assaulting his mother over witchcraft allegations.
When the accused, Nyasha Mutisi Musembu (25), of Siyakisa
village under Chief Musikavanhu, appeared before Chipinge magistrate Joshua
Nembaware facing a charge of physical abuse, he, however, denied the charge and
was remanded out of custody to today.
In his defence, Musembu said: “I only confronted her asking
about the issue of my children who are always ill. I did not assault her at
all,” he said.
But Mangwanda (69) insisted that her son assaulted her with
a log, accusing her of bewitching his children.
“He came to my homestead and started accusing me of
bewitching his children. He picked up a log and started assaulting me all over
the body until I passed out. I was only saved by two of his brothers. He wanted
to kill me,” she said.
Prosecutor Shamiso Ncube told the court that the incident
occurred on October 3.
Her two other sons, Dakarai and Innocent, later came to her
rescue and took her for medical treatment before she made a police report.
Newsday
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