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Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter
A Harare woman who ganged up with her friends and humiliated her husband’s lover by undressing her and inserting their fingers into her private parts while recording the act appeared in court yesterday facing charges of indecent assault.
The video recording went viral on social media last week, thereby catching the attention of the police who arrested Moreblessing Ngome (29) and her alleged accomplices.
Ngome, who is employed by Innscor, is jointly charged with Judith Muchenje (23) and Diana Chibanda (32).
They are facing assault and aggravated indecent assault charges.
Magistrate Mr Vakayi Chikwekwe remanded the three to April 9 on $100 bail each.
In his bail ruling, Mr Chikwekwe noted that there was provocation.
“It is the court’s view that there was gross provocation and the accused persons are not likely to abscond hence they are suitable candidates for bail,” he said.
Prosecutor Mrs Leonella Chitanda-Matowa had opposed bail arguing that there was overwhelming evidence against the trio.
“Your Worship, it won’t be in the interest of justice to grant the accused persons bail considering the seriousness of the offence they are facing. The State’s case is strong for there is a video footage in which the three were caught in the act. They are likely to abscond if granted bail,” she said.
The three, who were not represented, argued that they were proper candidates for bail as they never tried to abscond.
Muchenje said if they had wanted to abscond, they would have done so when the media was awash with news that police were looking for them.
Ngome distanced herself from inserting fingers into Nyachowe’s private parts, saying she only punched and slapped her before handing her over to her accomplices as she went to pray in the house.
Chibanda denied all the allegations against her while Muchenje told the court that she only fondled Nyachowe’s breasts and mocked her.
“Mambo wangu zvimwe zvirikutaurwa nedare ndakazviita asi zvimwe handini ndakazviita nekuti taive takawanda saka mumwe nemumwe ane zvake zvaakaita. Naizvozvo tokumbirawo kutongwa tichibva kumba hatimbotize,” Muchenje said.
Mr Chikwekwe ruled in favour of the trio.
According to the State, Nyachowe (24) of 542 Komboniyatsva in Epworth, is a girlfriend of Ngome’s husband, Brian Moyo.
It is the State’s case that sometime last month Moyo took Nyachowe to his house and sneaked her into his bedroom while his wife was sleeping in the kitchen.
Ngome woke up the following morning and went to the bedroom where she saw her husband in bed with Nyachowe.
It is alleged Ngome teamed up with her accomplices Muchenje and Chibanda and assaulted Nyachowe.
They slapped and punched her and later used sticks to beat her.
They stripped her naked and wore plastics on their hands before inserting their fingers into her private parts.
They forced her to dance while naked, the court heard.
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