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'Tenant's wife undressed in front of me,' landlord tells court
06 May 2015 at 09:57hrs | Views
A BULAWAYO man, Mickton Rujuni, yesterday told the court that his tenant's wife covered herself with a towel and stormed out of their bedroom before the towel dropped off, exposing her un-robed body.
Rujuni (47) had been dragged to court to answer charges of indecent assault filed against him by his tenant Maria Moyo. He denied the charge and told presiding magistrate Marylin Mutshina that Moyo (22) had indecently exposed herself to him.
However, the woman's husband Prince Moyo (32) told the court that Rujuni budged into their bedroom while they were asleep undressed at his Mzilikazi house on February 22 this year.
According to Southern Eye, in his defence, Rujuni said the couple had fabricated the story after he allegedly served them with an eviction notice.
He said he never entered the room they were sleeping, but he talked with them from outside concerning their abuse of electricity.
He said Moyo's wife undressed for him so that she could make a false report that he wanted to rape her.
"I was just coming from another case where another female tenant claimed that I exposed my n*kedness to her and now this one lies that I entered her room while she was undressed," he said.
"After she dropped the towel, I went to the police to report. Unfortunately, she had run ahead of me to make her own report. That is why this matter came here with me as the accused because police always favour the one who reports first."
Rujuni said Moyo's wife framed him because he wanted to evict them from his house.
The magistrate remanded the matter to May 7 for continuation of trial.
Rujuni (47) had been dragged to court to answer charges of indecent assault filed against him by his tenant Maria Moyo. He denied the charge and told presiding magistrate Marylin Mutshina that Moyo (22) had indecently exposed herself to him.
However, the woman's husband Prince Moyo (32) told the court that Rujuni budged into their bedroom while they were asleep undressed at his Mzilikazi house on February 22 this year.
According to Southern Eye, in his defence, Rujuni said the couple had fabricated the story after he allegedly served them with an eviction notice.
He said he never entered the room they were sleeping, but he talked with them from outside concerning their abuse of electricity.
"I was just coming from another case where another female tenant claimed that I exposed my n*kedness to her and now this one lies that I entered her room while she was undressed," he said.
"After she dropped the towel, I went to the police to report. Unfortunately, she had run ahead of me to make her own report. That is why this matter came here with me as the accused because police always favour the one who reports first."
Rujuni said Moyo's wife framed him because he wanted to evict them from his house.
The magistrate remanded the matter to May 7 for continuation of trial.
Source - Southern Eye
