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Woman beats child with charger cord, arrested
30 May 2018 at 03:25hrs | Views
A WOMAN from Bulawayo has been arrested for physically abusing her four-year-old niece.
The woman (33) from Makokoba suburb, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the minor, allegedly assaulted the child with a cellphone charger cord each time she soiled herself.
Last week, a police officer stationed at Mzilikazi Police Station received a tip-off through a Whatsapp message that the woman was abusing her niece.
The woman was not asked to plead to ill-treatment of a child when she appeared on Friday last week before Bulawayo magistrate Ms Adelaide Mbeure.
The magistrate granted her $100 bail and remanded the matter to Friday.
For the State, Mr Tawurai Hondoyemoto alleged that on Friday two weeks ago, Constable Shumbairerwa received an anonymous tip-off informing him that the child was being physically abused by her aunt.
"Upon taking action on the tip-off, the child was found to be having visible injuries all over the body. The minor was interviewed and she stated that her aunt assaulted her with a cellphone charger whenever she messed her panties," he said.
The woman (33) from Makokoba suburb, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the minor, allegedly assaulted the child with a cellphone charger cord each time she soiled herself.
Last week, a police officer stationed at Mzilikazi Police Station received a tip-off through a Whatsapp message that the woman was abusing her niece.
The woman was not asked to plead to ill-treatment of a child when she appeared on Friday last week before Bulawayo magistrate Ms Adelaide Mbeure.
The magistrate granted her $100 bail and remanded the matter to Friday.
For the State, Mr Tawurai Hondoyemoto alleged that on Friday two weeks ago, Constable Shumbairerwa received an anonymous tip-off informing him that the child was being physically abused by her aunt.
"Upon taking action on the tip-off, the child was found to be having visible injuries all over the body. The minor was interviewed and she stated that her aunt assaulted her with a cellphone charger whenever she messed her panties," he said.
Source - chronicle
