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Adulterous man fatally assaulted
19 Sep 2011 at 06:05hrs | Views
AN adulterous Hurungwe man who felt aggrieved by the fine of four cattle imposed by a headman was fatally assaulted by the husband of the woman he was caught red-handed with after confronting him demanding the cattle back.
Tapesana Gungungu (39) of Chigwenjere Village, Zumba 7 under chief Magonde was caught being inmate with Farisai Gambiza (age not given) in 2009 and he appeared before headman Scott Machiridza.
He was fined four cattle for the offence.
This did not go down well with him.
He then sought recourse from Chief Murindagomo and subsequently the Chinhoyi Civil Courts, but the headman's judgment was upheld.
Gungungu finally decided to take matters into his own hands and last Sunday confronted Caspel Manyanja (41) demanding his cattle back.
He claimed the punishment was too "harsh and unfair".
A fight ensued and Gungungu was overpowered and his legs and hands were fastened to a tree before being attacked using a log and an axe.
Mashonaland West provincial police spokesperson Inspector Clemence Mabgweazara, confirmed the incident.
"We have arrested a man who severely assaulted another man who was caught having an adulterous affair with his wife after he confronted him demanding the cattle that he paid as a fine after a trial at the headman's court," he said.
Gungungu reportedly went to Manyanja's Plot 25 Mazhaka Village home under chief Mujinga at around 5am on Sunday and violently demanded his four cattle back.
An altercation ensued and they began fighting before Manyanja overpowered him and started hitting him with a stick.
He later armed himself with an axe and Gungungu took to his heels but he soon ran out of steam, tripped and fell to the ground.
Manyanja caught up with him, tied his legs and hands with a wire to a tree and started assaulting him with the stick and axe.
He sustained a deep cut on the head and a severely bruised body before he died.
Manyanja was immediately arrested and is expected to appear in court soon charged with murder.
Insp Mabgweazara urged people to respect the decisions of traditional leaders as they were mandated by Government to be the court of first instance.
"We would like to urge people to respect the decisions of traditional leaders because they have the power to try such cases and we would also like to warn people against taking the law into their own hands like what this man did.
"He could have gone back to the traditional leadership to seek redress.
"On the other hand murder is a serious offence that is now arising from failure to restrain oneself and taking the law into their own hands," he said.
Tapesana Gungungu (39) of Chigwenjere Village, Zumba 7 under chief Magonde was caught being inmate with Farisai Gambiza (age not given) in 2009 and he appeared before headman Scott Machiridza.
He was fined four cattle for the offence.
This did not go down well with him.
He then sought recourse from Chief Murindagomo and subsequently the Chinhoyi Civil Courts, but the headman's judgment was upheld.
Gungungu finally decided to take matters into his own hands and last Sunday confronted Caspel Manyanja (41) demanding his cattle back.
He claimed the punishment was too "harsh and unfair".
A fight ensued and Gungungu was overpowered and his legs and hands were fastened to a tree before being attacked using a log and an axe.
Mashonaland West provincial police spokesperson Inspector Clemence Mabgweazara, confirmed the incident.
"We have arrested a man who severely assaulted another man who was caught having an adulterous affair with his wife after he confronted him demanding the cattle that he paid as a fine after a trial at the headman's court," he said.
An altercation ensued and they began fighting before Manyanja overpowered him and started hitting him with a stick.
He later armed himself with an axe and Gungungu took to his heels but he soon ran out of steam, tripped and fell to the ground.
Manyanja caught up with him, tied his legs and hands with a wire to a tree and started assaulting him with the stick and axe.
He sustained a deep cut on the head and a severely bruised body before he died.
Manyanja was immediately arrested and is expected to appear in court soon charged with murder.
Insp Mabgweazara urged people to respect the decisions of traditional leaders as they were mandated by Government to be the court of first instance.
"We would like to urge people to respect the decisions of traditional leaders because they have the power to try such cases and we would also like to warn people against taking the law into their own hands like what this man did.
"He could have gone back to the traditional leadership to seek redress.
"On the other hand murder is a serious offence that is now arising from failure to restrain oneself and taking the law into their own hands," he said.
Source - TH
