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Man breaks ex-wife's finger in property wrangle
05 Oct 2011 at 04:47hrs | Views
A BINGA couple that failed to contend with the 'court's orders of sharing their property after an ugly separation ended up feasting on each other as the hatred raged on.
It is alleged that love had gone sour for Japhet Mupande (39) and his ex-wife Ellen Nyoni (46) such that despite having three children, the two parties decided to part ways.
The two former love birds were now staying separately with the man residing in Manjolo while the woman the woman was now staying in Lusulu.
The two allegedly collided when they went for a civil court hearing where they were to be advised on how they would share their property.
It is the state case that on 26 July, Mupande and Nyoni attended a civil court in a bid to equally share their hard - earned property but it seemed that the two had much more scores to settle.
Prosecutor Mr Bruce Maphosa told the court that after the court session at about 10pm, the two ex-lovers bumped into each other at the bus terminus where Nyoni was waiting for a bus to take her to her new place of residence.
The court further heard that upon setting their eyes on each other they started quarreling and exchanged harsh words which did not go down well with Mupande who thought his ex-wife was gaining a lot after their marriage had broken down.
Mupande in a bid to show his ex-wife that he was still the man, he started to assault her with fists before striking her once on the left hand with a stick.
Nyoni is said to have sustained a fracture on her little finger. The matter was reported to the police leading to Mupande's arrest.
Mupande appeared yesterday in court before Binga magistrate Mr Stephen Ndlovu facing charges of contravening section 4 as read with section 3 of the Domestic Violence Act.
In his defence, Mupande said he never fractured his ex- wife cum enemy but instead the wound had been an old one that he had married her with.
However, his plea fell on deaf ears as the medical report that was carried out by Doctor Jabulani Dube revealed that the fracture was a fresh one and that Nyoni's little finger had been broken in a space of not more than 14 days.
The prosecutor therefore closed the case and remanded the wife beater for a cross examination of the accused.
It is alleged that love had gone sour for Japhet Mupande (39) and his ex-wife Ellen Nyoni (46) such that despite having three children, the two parties decided to part ways.
The two former love birds were now staying separately with the man residing in Manjolo while the woman the woman was now staying in Lusulu.
The two allegedly collided when they went for a civil court hearing where they were to be advised on how they would share their property.
It is the state case that on 26 July, Mupande and Nyoni attended a civil court in a bid to equally share their hard - earned property but it seemed that the two had much more scores to settle.
Prosecutor Mr Bruce Maphosa told the court that after the court session at about 10pm, the two ex-lovers bumped into each other at the bus terminus where Nyoni was waiting for a bus to take her to her new place of residence.
Mupande in a bid to show his ex-wife that he was still the man, he started to assault her with fists before striking her once on the left hand with a stick.
Nyoni is said to have sustained a fracture on her little finger. The matter was reported to the police leading to Mupande's arrest.
Mupande appeared yesterday in court before Binga magistrate Mr Stephen Ndlovu facing charges of contravening section 4 as read with section 3 of the Domestic Violence Act.
In his defence, Mupande said he never fractured his ex- wife cum enemy but instead the wound had been an old one that he had married her with.
However, his plea fell on deaf ears as the medical report that was carried out by Doctor Jabulani Dube revealed that the fracture was a fresh one and that Nyoni's little finger had been broken in a space of not more than 14 days.
The prosecutor therefore closed the case and remanded the wife beater for a cross examination of the accused.
Source - Metro
