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INCENSED by her hubby’s weird behaviour, a Mutare woman dragged him to court demanding a protection order.
This happened after the man had given her R5 as a divorce token.
Mary Mutsvene appeared before magistrate Mrs Anniah Ndiraya praying for a protection order against her husband, Noel Mukuni whom she described as noisy.
She said Mukuni always disturbed her peace at their matrimonial home since August last year when he retired from work.
The court heard that Mukuni was in the habit of harassing and insulting his wife, labelling her a witch and a lady of loose morals.
He also stopped fending for his family even though he collects rentals at every month end from his tenants.
“Our misunderstandings started last year in August when he retired from work. He does not provide food for the family as well as clothes for the children. Shouting at me in public is now his habit. He calls me names, accusing me of being a witch and prostitute as well.
“I am tired of his behaviour Your Worship. Sometime last year in November he teamed up with his relatives to go and dump me at my brother’s place in Rusape.
“They forced me to get into the car they had hired to transport me to my brother’s house in Rusape. He once gave my brother R5 as my divorce token, but my brother refused to accept it,” said Mutsvene.
Mukuni denied ever abusing, harassing or insulting Mutsvene, saying she was the one who was harassing him as well as disturbing his peace.
Mukuni said: “She is fabricating stories against me Your Worship.
“I never did any of what she is saying. She is the trouble causer herself as she always disturbs my peace at my own house. I am like a slave in my own house just because of her. She is noisy and I never barred her from going to work as she claims.”
Mutsvene proceeded to tell the court that Mukuni had vandalised all their kitchen utensils in a move that was aimed at pushing her out of their matrimonial house.
She claimed that he also locked all the food in his mother’s house leaving his family starving.
“He told me that he vandalised my kitchen utensils and sinks as a way of forcing me to go back to my parents’ home.
“He told me that he no longer loved me. I am suffering at the hands of this man Your Worship therefore I now need the law to protect me.
“He does not even eat the food I prepare, saying I don’t eat the food prepared by a prostitute or a witch,” said the embittered Mutsvene.
In her ruling, Mrs Ndiraya granted the order in favour of Mutsvene, saying she was entitled to her peace.
She barred Mukuni from assaulting, harassing and insulting her again.
Online Reporter