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Woman drags son's girlfriend to court over marriage
11 Apr 2015 at 09:13hrs | Views
A MUTARE woman dragged her son's girlfriend to court claiming that she was forcing her son to marry her and was threatening to kill her.
Agness Kambarami told the presiding magistrate, Mrs Yeukai Chigodora, that Anna Banda was claiming to be pregnant and was forcing her son to marry her and that she had threatened to kill both of them if he does not marry her.
"I am now living in fear, Your Worship, because this woman, who is my son's girlfriend, has threatened to kill me and my son if he does not marry her. She came to my house with her grandmother claiming that she was pregnant and I told her that I wanted to ask my son first if he was aware of the development. She then started to shout at me and threatened that if he does not marry her we will both die.
"I met her the following day in the neighbourhood and she was telling people that I had told my son not to marry her and that I was an evil woman.
"I now pray for the court to grant me a protection order so that she stops threatening to kill us and stop moving around telling people that I am stopping my son from marrying her," said Kambarami.
In her defence, Banda claimed that she was actually the one who needed protection from her boyfriend's mother as she was terrorising her day and night.
"The only reason why I did not come to the courts to seek a protection order against her was that she is my boyfriend's mother, but this woman has tormented me ever since I told her that I was pregnant. His son works at Redwing Mine and when he was arrested for stealing gold ore, his mother accused me of bewitching him. She claimed that I was behind his arrest,'' said Banda.
She said the reason why she went with her grandmother to her house was that her boyfriend's mother had threatened to beat her up if she ever set her foot at her place and was afraid of being beaten up as she was pregnant. The protection order was granted to both parties. The two were ordered to live in peace and stop disturbing each other.
"The protection order is hereby granted, but on both parties so that you do not disturb each other's peace and if you disobey this order the matter will be treated as a criminal offence," ruled Mrs Chigodora.
Agness Kambarami told the presiding magistrate, Mrs Yeukai Chigodora, that Anna Banda was claiming to be pregnant and was forcing her son to marry her and that she had threatened to kill both of them if he does not marry her.
"I am now living in fear, Your Worship, because this woman, who is my son's girlfriend, has threatened to kill me and my son if he does not marry her. She came to my house with her grandmother claiming that she was pregnant and I told her that I wanted to ask my son first if he was aware of the development. She then started to shout at me and threatened that if he does not marry her we will both die.
"I met her the following day in the neighbourhood and she was telling people that I had told my son not to marry her and that I was an evil woman.
"I now pray for the court to grant me a protection order so that she stops threatening to kill us and stop moving around telling people that I am stopping my son from marrying her," said Kambarami.
In her defence, Banda claimed that she was actually the one who needed protection from her boyfriend's mother as she was terrorising her day and night.
"The only reason why I did not come to the courts to seek a protection order against her was that she is my boyfriend's mother, but this woman has tormented me ever since I told her that I was pregnant. His son works at Redwing Mine and when he was arrested for stealing gold ore, his mother accused me of bewitching him. She claimed that I was behind his arrest,'' said Banda.
She said the reason why she went with her grandmother to her house was that her boyfriend's mother had threatened to beat her up if she ever set her foot at her place and was afraid of being beaten up as she was pregnant. The protection order was granted to both parties. The two were ordered to live in peace and stop disturbing each other.
"The protection order is hereby granted, but on both parties so that you do not disturb each other's peace and if you disobey this order the matter will be treated as a criminal offence," ruled Mrs Chigodora.
Source - manicapost
