Elliot Maruye
confessed to stealing money from his wife, Sirena Mutisi, and selling the
fridge, TV and solar battery to raise money to fund his child’s funeral.
He appeared at
the Harare Civil Court yesterday after being dragged by Mutisi, who was seeking
a protection order.
Maruye said he
was desperate and had no choice.
“I was in a
desperate situation, I had no other way to raise the money for the funeral.
“I could not
face the thought of my child being buried without dignity and I am sorry. What
I did was wrong,” said Maruye.
Mutisi claimed
Maruye has turned violent since he lost his child.
“I started
noticing the disappearance of my household property and just assumed that my
husband had gone to get them fixed,” said Mutisi.
“He received a
call and I overheard him saying he was going to look for money to sponsor a
funeral.
“The following
day, I discovered that my US$210, battery and television set were missing.
“Upon
confronting him, he admitted that he had used the money to fund the burial of
the child he had sired with another woman.”
She added: “I
felt used and betrayed that he would steal my money and use it to bury a child
who was a product of his extra-marital affair.
“I am now
broke, struggling to buy food for the month because my husband chose another
family over us.”
Harare
magistrate Meenal Narotam granted her the protection order and told Maruye to
stop destroying his marriage. H Metro
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