A MAN from Bulawayo has been fined $50 for cutting his
wife’s fingers with a pair of scissors in anger after she refused to give him
money for bus fare.
Nqobile Ncube (34) from Nkulumane suburb attacked Ms Prisca
Dube at their home.
A court heard how Ncube, who was abusive, was in the habit
of spending his money on beer and then ask for bus fare to go to work from his
unemployed wife. Ncube pleaded guilty to
physical abuse before Western Commonage magistrate Ms Tancy Dube.
The magistrate fined him $50 or two months imprisonment. Ncube
said: “Icala ngiyalivuma kodwa ngakwenza nge mistake, ngangifuna ukumthathela
isigelo ayesiphethe, (I admit the charges levelled against me. However, I hurt
her unintentionally).
For the State, Mr
Chief Muteve said Ncube committed the crime on October 25 this year at around
9PM.
“The accused person asked for a laptop to charge his cell
phone from the complainant and she refused. The complainant told the accused
person to charge his phone on the socket and he got angry. He later asked for
bus fare and the complainant refused. The accused person took a pair of
scissors on top of the chest of drawers and cut the complainant’s two fingers
on her right hand,” he said.
Mr Muteve said Ms Dube sustained deep cuts and was referred
to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) for treatment.
Ms Dube, who had a bandage on her hand, said she refused
with the laptop because her children were using it. The matter was reported to
the police leading to Ncube’s arrest. It was not mentioned how much Ncube had
asked for. Chronicle
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