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Melody Vherenaisi
Weekender Reporter
A Mutare man who is constantly being assaulted and insulted by his own son has dragged the latter to court to seek a protection order against him.
Zvaitirwahazvo Murimi says his son, Takudzwa Murimi, is always harassing him.
The two appeared at the Mutare Magistrates’ Civil Court before magistrate Mr Xavier Chipato.
Mr Chipato granted the protection order in Zvaitirwahazvo’s favour.
He went on to order both parties to observe peace all the times and look for a third party to resolve their differences whenever they have a misunderstanding.
Zvaitirwahazvo said Takudzwa recently insulted and assaulted him before asking him to vacate his Sakubva house and move to their rural home.
This happened after Zvaitirwahazvo had asked Takudzwa and his sister to wake up, do some domestic chores and cook for him.
Zvaitirwahazvo said Takudzwa accused him of disturbing his sleep.
“This happened around 11am, I had woken up around 6am. My son assaulted me with fists and also kicked me. The door was locked. When he was done assaulting me, he opened the door and I crawled outside.
“He threw my phone outside and instructed me to relocate to the rural areas. He has been assaulting and locking me outside since 2012,” said Zvaitirwahazvo.
However, Takudzwa accused his father of lying.
“My father is abusive and violent whenever he gets drunk. He also destroys household property whenever he gets drunk.
“My mother relocated to South Africa to work there since our father does not take care of us. We have been suffering for a very long time and I started working at the age of 10, assisting my mother to fend for the family,” said Takudzwa.
He said their father is ill-treating them as punishment for the fact that his sister was impregnated at an early age.
“My sister could not finish her studies after she was impregnated at an early age and my father is still hurt because of that. That is why he abuses us,” said Takudzwa.
“I failed my exams due to my father’s behaviour. He always insults, harasses and assaults us,” said Takudzwa.
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