Woman terrorised for failing to give birth to a baby boy

 

Zim Now Writer

A Harare woman last week appeared before magistrate Tamara Chibindi seeking a protection order against her husband of 14 years whom she accused of physical and emotional abuse.

Jessica Mapfidza, told the courts that her husband, Paul Musakuro, physically abused and threatened her for not giving birth to a baby boy.

Mapfidza told magistrate Tamara Chibindi that her husband was abusive.

“He has repeatedly threatened to kill me and assaulted me because he is bitter that I have failed to conceive a male child.

Mapfidza also alleged that Musakuro had resorted to having many girlfriends in his search for a baby boy.

“I have two children with him, both girls. I have had three stillbirths which all happened in my quest of trying to give him a male child.

“Your worship, he has been telling his relatives that I want to kill him, which are all lies.

“All his relatives now see me as a bad person because of the lies that he has been spreading.

“When he comes home, he has now developed a tendency of sleeping at the gate.

“When I confronted him about why he was doing so, he responded by saying that he wanted something bad to happen to him so that his relatives would blame me for his death,” she said.

In response, Musakuro said they are failing to resolve the issue because the matter is spiritual.

Chibindi duly granted Mapfidza a protection order against her husband.