A WIFE of a senior Buchwa Support Unit policeman has been
convicted of brutally torturing her nine-year-old stepson by tying his legs and
hands with an electric cable before heavily assaulting him with a skipping rope
over a sweet.
Zvishavane magistrate, Achy Wochiunga was told how the
28-year-old woman further dragged the child with his clothes packed in a
plastic bag to his teacher Sheila Matsuro, who had questioned her over the
attack.
Magistrate Wochiunga initially convicted the woman on
Saturday and asked her to return on Tuesday for sentencing, but further
remanded her to October 28 for sentence.
State prosecutor Faith Mwale told the court that on
September 28 around 1pm, the woman returned home and discovered that her
stepson had eaten a sweet she had left.
She asked the child and he told her that he had ate it
since he was hungry because no food had been left in the house for him to eat.
The woman angrily took an electric cable and tied the hands
and legs of the boy before she brutally struck him with a pink USB cable and a
skipping rope. Neighbours tried and failed to restrain her. The child suffered
severe injuries.
The following day the child went to school and during a
Physical Education lesson, her teacher Matsuro discovered the bruises and
wounds caused by the torture and asked the child what happened. He explained.
After the child explained his ordeal, Matsuro, with
permission from the school authorities, approached the woman trying to counsel
her not to abuse the child. This did not go well with the woman who then packed
the toddler’s clothes in a plastic bag before dragging him to Matsuro’s house
accusing her for interfering in her home affairs. She dumped the minor at Matsuro’s house.
Matsuro then reported the case to Buchwa Police leading to
the woman’s arrest. Newsday
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