A broke husband stabs wife after a misunderstanding over the request of relish money resulting her to suffer injuries on her right shoulder.
Circumstances are that on 17 April, at around 7.25pm, Veronica Phiri (34), who is married to Mehluli Dube (47), arrived home from the city centre and found her husband in the sitting room.
She asked him for money to buy relish and he replied that she should get it from her boyfriend since she was out with him.
Veronica got angry and slapped Mehluli twice on the left cheek. Mehluli responded by picking a kitchen knife and stabbing Veronica on the right shoulder.
He then locked himself in their bedroom.
Veronica called the police who attended the scene and arrested Mehluli.
They recovered the kitchen knife.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident and urged couples to find better ways of solving their issues.
“I confirm the arrest of Mehluli Dube for stabbing his wife Veronica Phiri on her right shoulder. He is helping the police with investigations and will appear in court soon.
“As police, we are worried about the cases of physical abuse that are emanating because of mistrust and infidelity. In most cases mistrust makes people fight over rumours,” said Inspector Ncube.
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Brian Dzimwasha, 70, was not asked to plead when he appeared before Harare magistrate, Stanford Mambanje.
He was released on $20 000 bail and ordered not to interfere with witnesses and to surrender his travel documents. The complainant is Batsirai Mutize. The court heard that in 2000, Dzimwasha flighted an advert inviting people to buy stands which were being sold by his company, Valley Lane (Pvt) Ltd. Mutize approached Dzimwasha asking about the terms which were acceptable in the acquisition of the stands.
On September 5 2000, Mutize signed an agreement of sale for Stand Number 3321, Crowborough B, measuring 600 square metres. He paid for the stand in full and was advised he would be shown his stand, after a month, after the servicing of the stands was completed. He wasn’t shown any stand until 2006 but stand number 3611, Crowborough B, measuring 583 square metres, was different from the one he had bought.
He accepted the stand but did not develop it because he was having some financial challenges. It is the State’s case that on March 11, 2012, Mutize saw a structure that was being built on his stand. When he tried to seek recourse from Dzimwasha, he was advised that whoever was occupying his stand was doing so illegally.
The stand was being occupied by an employee of the Harare City Council who argued that she was allocated the stand by her employer through their scheme. Dzimwasha, the court claims, started to ignore Mutize’s calls.
Mutize suffered a potential prejudice of about $120 000. Lancelot Mutsokoti appeared for the State.
