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Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent
A GWANDA magistrate has issued a peace order against a war veteran who has been threatening to murder his former wife in the same way he killed Rhodesian soldiers during the liberation struggle.Ubupiloe Siziba, 40, of Manama area was yesterday granted a protection order by magistrate Arafat Kozanai after narrating how she was tormented by the ex-combatant, Obert Moyo, who was also said to be in the habit of intimidating their children.
“I no longer live with my husband because he has been tormenting me. The problem is that he even follows me where I now stay and starts threatening me. He told me that if I continue avoiding him, he is going to show me what he was trained to do and said that killing someone was an easy task for him.
“One day he ambushed me in a bushy area while I was coming from work and demanded to talk to me but I ran for my dear life and sought refuge at a nearby homestead,” said Siziba.
She said Moyo once broke a window and gained entry into a room she was sleeping in.
However, Moyo told magistrate Kozanai that he loved his wife.
He denied assaulting her but did not dispute threatening her.
The war veteran tried to defend himself saying he only ill-treated his wife when he was drunk “and my wife knows that”, but magistrate Kozanai could have none of it.
“Intoxication should not be taken as defence for your actions. If one is drunk, it is always advisable to go home and rest instead of disturbing another person’s peace,” he said.
derick.khumalo