A prominent Zvishavane trade unionist Courage Zhou banished
his wife to the rural areas for 17 years after lying to her that he no longer
gets an erection because of a chronic illness that afflicted him.
The wife was shocked to discover in court that Zhou was
living a normal sex life with his small house in Maglass and to add salt to an
injury he was dragged to court on a case of having sex with a minor after
having a love affair with the small house’s 15-year-old daughter and sleeping
with her on numerous occasions. The wife who was brought as a witness to
support her husband’s case told Gweru Magistrate Phatekile Msipa that the
latter could not have had sex with the complainant because he suffered an
erectile dysfunction since 2003. She said she last had sex with the accused 17
years ago because of the chronic problem.
Monica Zhou was shocked when Prosecutor Talent Tadenyika
brought evidence that Zhou earlier on voluntarily admitted that he was in love
with the complainant’s mother and they have normal sex. The complainants mother
also said the same in court.
Zhou looked shattered and the confidence she exhibited
while making her testimony in court waned. She was almost close to tears as the
prosecutor brought the evidence home one jab after another.
The courtroom could feel the tension of the moment as Zhou
stammered, mumbled and sometimes got lost in the midst of her presentation.
“Is it your evidence that you have been married to the
accused for 28 years and that since 2003 you have not been having sex because
his manhood is not functional?
“What if l tell you that your husband has given evidence in
chief that he has been having an affair with the complainant’s mother since
2003 and now he claims his private part stopped working because he is trying to
deny charges against him?” asked Tadenyika.
Zhou said everything the prosecutor was saying was news to
her hence she was not in position to dispute charges leveled against her
husband.
It is the State case that sometimes in 2019 the accused was
having an affair with his small house’s daughter. The two engaged in sexual
activities on many occasions to an extent that the minor would stop by the
accused’s place at around 5am for sexual intercourse before proceeding to
school.
This was possible because the accused’s wife stayed in the
rural areas. Sometimes the complainant went to the accused’s office in Maglass
where they had it behind a locked door. The accused was given between 2Bond and
5Bond after sex. The matter only came to light when the complainant’s mother
was tipped of the relationship. The accused argued in court that the
complainant’s mother was trying to fix him because he no longer supported her
financially.
The accused also claims that other Trade Unionists in
Zvishavane could be the ones framing him. Masvingo Mirror
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