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Man divorces wife for abusing stepson
17 Jun 2015 at 07:18hrs | Views
A BULAWAYO man has ended his marriage of 12 years after accusing his wife of abusing a six-year-old boy that he sired with another woman. Nkosiyazi Dube of Old Lobengula suburb, who was seeking dissolution of marriage, said his wife Prisca Mpofu, also of Lobengula, was ill-treating his son.
Dube told magistrate Tawanda Muchemwa that Mpofu was always beating up his child.
He said Mpofu would sometimes refuse to give the boy food and called the child a spoilt brat.
Dube added that not only did he lose love for Mpofu after she abused his child; he caught her with another man from their neighbourhood following a tip off from his friends.
Dube and Mpofu have one child who is 10 years old.
"Your Worship, this woman has done a lot of bad things. If I start listing them, we'll spend the whole day here. What's really put me off is that my child has been telling me what she was doing to him but I'd think that she was just reprimanding him. Then I caught her beating up my son, it was in the afternoon and my child hadn't eaten anything.
"My friends were always telling me that this woman was seeing another man who stays just a few houses from ours but I would think they were trying to break up my marriage. One day they phoned me directing me to the man's house. When I got there my wife was in his bedroom and she refused to come out," said Dube.
Magistrate Muchemwa granted the dissolution after Mpofu admitted to abusing her stepson.
Mpofu told the court that she beat up her step child after he broke a coffee mug.
She however, denied being unfaithful to Dube.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I've been taking care of your child ever since his mother dumped him with us. I've never abused him but I've been treating him the same way I treat our child. I've never cheated on you in any way. If I was at that man's house then why did I not come out of the house?"
Mpofu said Dube allowed his friends to destroy their marriage, adding that she was also tired of being insulted every day.
Dube told magistrate Tawanda Muchemwa that Mpofu was always beating up his child.
He said Mpofu would sometimes refuse to give the boy food and called the child a spoilt brat.
Dube added that not only did he lose love for Mpofu after she abused his child; he caught her with another man from their neighbourhood following a tip off from his friends.
Dube and Mpofu have one child who is 10 years old.
"Your Worship, this woman has done a lot of bad things. If I start listing them, we'll spend the whole day here. What's really put me off is that my child has been telling me what she was doing to him but I'd think that she was just reprimanding him. Then I caught her beating up my son, it was in the afternoon and my child hadn't eaten anything.
"My friends were always telling me that this woman was seeing another man who stays just a few houses from ours but I would think they were trying to break up my marriage. One day they phoned me directing me to the man's house. When I got there my wife was in his bedroom and she refused to come out," said Dube.
Magistrate Muchemwa granted the dissolution after Mpofu admitted to abusing her stepson.
Mpofu told the court that she beat up her step child after he broke a coffee mug.
She however, denied being unfaithful to Dube.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I've been taking care of your child ever since his mother dumped him with us. I've never abused him but I've been treating him the same way I treat our child. I've never cheated on you in any way. If I was at that man's house then why did I not come out of the house?"
Mpofu said Dube allowed his friends to destroy their marriage, adding that she was also tired of being insulted every day.
Source - chronicle
