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A PROMINENT Bulawayo businesswoman Pamela Mwapaura who allegedly habitually assaulted her husband has been spared the embarrassment of a trial after her husband withdrew charges.
She was being charged with assault and damage to property.
Mwapaura (41), was spared humiliation after her husband Mr Kwame Mwemba (53) filed an affidavit at the courts to withdraw the case.
Mr Mwemba in the affidavit stated that he decided to withdraw the charges, following a family meeting concerning the matter.
“…and l would not want my wife to go to jail. She is the mother of my 3 kids and no one forced me to withdraw the case,” he said.
Mwapaura who owns Pamela Creations in Bulawayo, was facing allegations of bashing Mr Mwemba (53) at their home in Hopeville suburb.
Her company specialises in designing school wear and clothes for special occasions such as weddings and lobola parties among others.
Mwapaura initially appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Ms Nomagugu Maphosa on charges of physical abuse and was remanded out of custody to today, where she was let off after the case was withdrawn.
According to court records sometime in March this year, Mwapaura allegedly stalked her husband from the city centre to Luveve suburb.
It was mentioned that along the way Mwapaura’s husband offered a lift to a woman from Entumbane suburb to Luveve.
Mwapaura thereafter allegedly blocked her husband’s vehicle before disembarking and confronting him.
“The accused person approached the complainant and took away his cellphone, a foldable Samsung, and smashed it on the ground. The value of the phone is US$1 000,” read the document.
Eight months later, Mwapaura allegedly assaulted her husband following a misunderstanding over money.
“On 2 November this year, the accused allegedly punched the complainant several times on the face, head, and back following a misunderstanding to do with money and family expenses,” read the document.
According to State papers, Mr Mwemba wanted to borrow money from Mwapaura who became hostile and started insulting him, before she assaulted him.
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