A 22-YEAR-OLD Inyathi woman was on Monday fined $50 for assaulting her husband after she caught him sending a WhatsApp message to his ex-girlfriend.
Emely Manatsi was convicted of assaulting Kairos Chapapi on Thursday last week.The woman snatched her husband’s phone and threatened to give it to her in-laws as infidelity evidence against him.
Chapapi, a general worker at a mine in Inyathi, reported his wife to the police for physical abuse and she was arrested.The contents of the messages were not disclosed in court.
Passing sentence, Bulawayo magistrate Stephen Ndlovu on circuit at Inyathi court warned Manatsi against engaging in violence.
He fined her to $50 with the option of spending 30 days in prison if she defaulted on the fine.
Prosecuting, Lungisani Dube, told the court that on Thursday last week at around 7PM, Chapapi arrived home from work and found his wife preparing supper.
He proceeded to their bedroom.
“Manatsi called her husband to have supper but he kept on sending messages on his cellphone. Manatsi forcibly took Chapapi’s phone and read the messages he had been sending,” the prosecutor said.The court heard that Manatsi realised that her husband was texting a woman identified only as Chipo, the man’s ex-girlfriend.
This did not go down well with her and she asked him what he was up to.
“An argument ensued between the two and Manatsi started assaulting him with fists. The accused also bit her husband once on the right chin before pushing him to the floor,” Dube said.Manatsi kept the cellphone with an intention to use it as evidence of infidelity to her in-laws.Chapapi managed to escape and reported the matter to the police.
Source: Chronicle
Chapapi, a general worker at a mine in Inyathi, reported his wife to the police for physical abuse and she was arrested.The contents of the messages were not disclosed in court.
Passing sentence, Bulawayo magistrate Stephen Ndlovu on circuit at Inyathi court warned Manatsi against engaging in violence.
He fined her to $50 with the option of spending 30 days in prison if she defaulted on the fine.
Prosecuting, Lungisani Dube, told the court that on Thursday last week at around 7PM, Chapapi arrived home from work and found his wife preparing supper.
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“Manatsi called her husband to have supper but he kept on sending messages on his cellphone. Manatsi forcibly took Chapapi’s phone and read the messages he had been sending,” the prosecutor said.The court heard that Manatsi realised that her husband was texting a woman identified only as Chipo, the man’s ex-girlfriend.
This did not go down well with her and she asked him what he was up to.
“An argument ensued between the two and Manatsi started assaulting him with fists. The accused also bit her husband once on the right chin before pushing him to the floor,” Dube said.Manatsi kept the cellphone with an intention to use it as evidence of infidelity to her in-laws.Chapapi managed to escape and reported the matter to the police.
Source: Chronicle
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