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Bid to evict pregnant wife thrown away by the Court
20 May 2013 at 03:41hrs | Views
A Harare man who attempted to bar his pregnant wife from coming back to their matrimonial home had his application for a protection order thrown away by a city magistrate.
Vengai Mpeudze lost his application at the Harare Civil Courts where he had brought his wife Fungai Ngwatamadzi on Thursday.
"I am divorced from this woman and I gave her US$300 as a divorce token in the presence of a middleman and her sister. We stayed separately for a week and then she came back saying she was being chased away by her parents. On her return she started to be violent, insulted me and took everything from the kitchen to the bedroom," he said.
In her defence, Ngwatamadzi said she was not given a divorce token. "I am pregnant and recently he chased me from home.
"I slept outside for three days with our son. I built three rooms at the house. The US$300 was mine and it came from my savings from which he retained more than US$500," she said.
Magistrate Ms Vongai Muchuchuti dismissed Mpeudze's application.
"The respondent contributed in building the house and the court cannot evict her from the house," she said.
Vengai Mpeudze lost his application at the Harare Civil Courts where he had brought his wife Fungai Ngwatamadzi on Thursday.
"I am divorced from this woman and I gave her US$300 as a divorce token in the presence of a middleman and her sister. We stayed separately for a week and then she came back saying she was being chased away by her parents. On her return she started to be violent, insulted me and took everything from the kitchen to the bedroom," he said.
"I slept outside for three days with our son. I built three rooms at the house. The US$300 was mine and it came from my savings from which he retained more than US$500," she said.
Magistrate Ms Vongai Muchuchuti dismissed Mpeudze's application.
"The respondent contributed in building the house and the court cannot evict her from the house," she said.
Source - herald
