A CHIPINGE woman is battling for her life after she
sustained serious burns after being assaulted by her husband with a burning
log.
She was assaulted after delaying giving him a cellphone
torch because she was still using it to provide light while cooking.
Reuben Mhlanga (46), of Smithfield Farm under Chief
Mapungwana, yesterday appeared before Chipinge magistrate Joshua Nembaware
facing a charge of physically abusing his wife.
He was convicted on his own plea of guilty to the charge
and was remanded in custody to today for sentencing.
In mitigation, Mhlanga, who is a tractor driver at the
farm, asked for the court to exercise leniency with him and said he regretted
his actions.
“I apologise for my actions. I pray to the court to
exercise leniency on me when it arrives to my sentencing. I will not repeat
such an offence,” he said.
Prosecutor Shamiso Ncube told the court that on April 6,
Mhlanga knocked off duty and went home.
During the night, his wife, Vimbai Mubonisi, was preparing
supper in the kitchen while he was outside attending to other business.
Mhlanga then asked his wife to bring him her cellphone so
that he could light up where he was working.
However, the complainant told him that she was using it to
prepare supper and would delay bringing it.
This angered Mhlanga, who dashed into the kitchen and
started assaulting her.
He slapped her thrice with his palm on the face. The court
heard that he went on to pick a burning log from the fireplace and used it to
further assault her.
Mubonisi suffered serious burns on the face, hands and left
breast. She reported the matter to the police and was rushed to hospital, where
she is receiving treatment. Newsday
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