A 62-YEAR-OLD businessman appeared in the Victoria Falls Magistrates’ Court facing allegations of assaulting a five-month pregnant worker accusing her of infecting him with a skin disease.
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Edgar Farai Mhere was convicted on his own plea of guilty for unlawful detention and assault when he appeared before the Victoria Falls resident magistrate Sharon Rosemani.
The court heard that on April 13 at around 8am, Mhere went to Martha Phiri and Zivanai Shoniwa’s house in Chinotimba and drove them to Mopani Lodge.
When Mhere arrived, he ordered Phiri and Shoniwa to sit down and sent one of his workers Johnson Moyo to bring some sticks which he used to assault Phiri accusing her of infecting him with a skin disease.
It is alleged that Shoniwa tried to intervene and was also assaulted with the stick several times all over his body. Mhere’s wife Maria Joanna (48) also joined in and struck Phiri on the head and cheeks with a wooden chair and fists accusing her of having an extra-marital affair with her husband and infecting him with a disease.
Glen Mhere, their son, restrained them and Phiri was ferried to hospital and a police report was made, leading to the arrest of Mhere and his wife.
Mhere was sentenced to three months in prison wholly suspended on condition that he compensates Shoniwa $150 and the other two months were suspended on condition he does 70 hours of community service at the Victoria Falls Magistrates’ Court.
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For the assault on Phiri, the magistrate remanded the couple to today for continuation of trial since they pleaded not guilty to the charge.
