Zvakashatira Barika: Rusape woman pours boiling cooking oil to co-wife’ s face

 

> Nyachide vs VaHosi

The Rusape Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a 21-year-old woman to 5

years imprisonment, with 1 year suspended, effectively serving 4 years,

for physically abusing her co-wife in a domestic dispute.

 

On the 2nd of November 2023, at Romsely, Nyazura, a misunderstanding

between two women married to the same man escalated into violence

at their shared home.

 

During the altercation, the younger wife poured boiling cooking oil on

the elder wife’s face and stomach, causing serious injuries. The attack

was described as brutal and reckless.

 

The court convicted the offender under the Domestic Violence Act

stressing that the courts will not tolerate acts of domestic violence

within families.

 

Communities are urged to resolve disputes peacefully. domestic

violence, in all its forms, is a punishable crime. The law exists to

protect victims and to deter perpetrators from turning homes into

places of violence.