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Ex-hooker paraded undressed in infidelity row
20 Apr 2015 at 10:09hrs | Views
A Matobo man paraded his ex-prostitute girlfriend undressed around the village as punishment for confronting him over impregnating another woman, a court heard.
Patricia Dube, a mother of two who said she was once a prostitute, said her boyfriend, Brian Mwinde of Mgadla Village, kicked her out of her homestead, tore off her clothes and forced her to walk around the village undressed on several occasions.
She told a court that Mwinde, who lives at her homestead, made her walk around undressed while her children aged four and seven years watched.
Dube told magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure that the latest incident was on March 20 after Mwinde got drunk and started insulting her saying she was a prostitute.
"Your Worship, he was shouting at the top of his voice telling people that I'm a prostitute. I was helped by my neighbours who took a blanket and covered me up.
"I'm seeking a protection order because I don't want him to abuse me anymore. I don't want him near me and my children. When he gets drunk he tells me that he took me off the streets and made me a better person.
"I accepted to be in a relationship with him because I wanted to stop selling my body for money and I wanted my two children to grow up with a father figure. Now I'm regretting because he is teaching them a bad thing and tells them that I'm nothing but a prostitute," said Dube.
The magistrate granted the protection order and ordered Mwindi to vacate the homestead with immediate effect.
Mashavakure told Dube to go for a two week counselling session with her children.
Mwindi told the magistrate that he was stressed after impregnating another woman. He said he was a home-keeper who is earning peanuts.
"Sometimes when I beat her up I would have seen her in the company of other men. I then concluded that maybe she had returned to her old ways behind my back. If she wants me out of the house it's fine, I will go.
"It wasn't my intention to do all those things to her. After receiving the news I drank a lot of alcohol and became intoxicated. I did all those things under the influence of alcohol," Mwindi said.
Patricia Dube, a mother of two who said she was once a prostitute, said her boyfriend, Brian Mwinde of Mgadla Village, kicked her out of her homestead, tore off her clothes and forced her to walk around the village undressed on several occasions.
She told a court that Mwinde, who lives at her homestead, made her walk around undressed while her children aged four and seven years watched.
Dube told magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure that the latest incident was on March 20 after Mwinde got drunk and started insulting her saying she was a prostitute.
"Your Worship, he was shouting at the top of his voice telling people that I'm a prostitute. I was helped by my neighbours who took a blanket and covered me up.
"I'm seeking a protection order because I don't want him to abuse me anymore. I don't want him near me and my children. When he gets drunk he tells me that he took me off the streets and made me a better person.
"I accepted to be in a relationship with him because I wanted to stop selling my body for money and I wanted my two children to grow up with a father figure. Now I'm regretting because he is teaching them a bad thing and tells them that I'm nothing but a prostitute," said Dube.
The magistrate granted the protection order and ordered Mwindi to vacate the homestead with immediate effect.
Mashavakure told Dube to go for a two week counselling session with her children.
Mwindi told the magistrate that he was stressed after impregnating another woman. He said he was a home-keeper who is earning peanuts.
"Sometimes when I beat her up I would have seen her in the company of other men. I then concluded that maybe she had returned to her old ways behind my back. If she wants me out of the house it's fine, I will go.
"It wasn't my intention to do all those things to her. After receiving the news I drank a lot of alcohol and became intoxicated. I did all those things under the influence of alcohol," Mwindi said.
Source - chronicle
