PROPERTY worth thousands of dollars was recently destroyed
when a jealous Odzi man set alight a wooden cabin where his wife and baby were
sleeping.
The wife, Abigail Kamwendo (30) and her eight-year-old baby
escaped death by a whisker after neighbours alerted her of the fire.
Jeremiah Sithole (26) was immediately arrested and has
since been hauled before the courts facing multiple counts of physical abuse.
He appeared before Mutare magistrate Mr Tendai Mahwe on Monday
and was remanded to September 3. He denied the charges.
Allegations were that on August 17, Sithole suspected that
Kamwendo was cheating on him and he assaulted her. Later at night after she had
gone to sleep, he set alight their one-roomed wooden cabin where his wife and baby were sleeping.
Property that included clothes, blankets, bed, room
divider, television set, and wardrobe was destroyed by the fire.
Nothing was recovered.
When The Weekender visited the home, Kamwendo had since
moved to stay in a nearby cabin which she is now renting.
Neighbours and well-wishers chipped in an provided her with
food and clothes.
In an interview, Kamwendo did not blame her husband for
burning the cabin but squarely placed the blame on evil spirits which she said
wanted her dead.
“The neighbours reported him to the police, I did not
because I knew it wasn’t him who started the fire. Of course we had a
misunderstanding over extra marital affairs but I know for sure that my husband
did not burn the cabin,” she said.
Kamwendo said the evil spirits did not want to see her get
married.
“This fire was mysterious and no one believes me,” she
said.
A neighbour who requested anonymity rubbished Kamwendo’s
claims.
“She is now trying to protect her husband because she
cannot look after her child alone, but he tried to kill her and the baby while
they were asleep. How can someone be possessed when he did it knowingly? This
is the third cabin he has burnt down because he is very jealousy. If that man
is not arrested and jailed something nasty will surely happen,” said the
neighbour. Manica Post
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