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Andile Tshuma, Court Reporter
A 23-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man beat up his wife for taking a nap in the afternoon resulting in her suffering a miscarriage, a court has heard.

Happymore Sibanda of Nketa 7 suburb appeared before Western Commonage magistrate Ms Tancy Dube charged with three counts of physical abuse.

Sibanda pleaded guilty to all the charges of physically abusing his 20-year-old wife Ms Paidamoyo Khuphe whom he accused of being too lazy.  Ms Dube remanded him to Monday for sentence.

For the state, Mr Mufaro Mageza said sometime in July this year, Sibanda found the complainant sleeping in the afternoon at their Nketa 7 suburb rented home.

“In July 2016, on a date not known to the prosecutor, the accused person went home and found his wife who was three months pregnant at the time, sleeping since she was ill,” said the prosecutor.

“The accused person ordered her to wake up claiming that she was faking the sickness and accused her of being a lazy woman. This did not go down well with the complainant and as such a misunderstanding arose.”

The court heard that the misunderstanding resulted in Sibanda punching his wife and battering her with a stick several times all over the body.

At around 4PM, on the same day, Khuphe started bleeding and went to the hospital the following day where she was told she had suffered a miscarriage.

The court heard that Sibanda had earlier assaulted his wife after she failed to enter a recharge pin for electricity. He had allegedly instructed her to go and seek tutoring from their fellow tenant but she had refused as she felt too embarrassed to ask for assistance.

Mr Mageza also narrated to the court that on the third count, Sibanda assaulted Ms Khuphe last month after he found her sleeping and accused her of being lazy.

He allegedly assaulted her with his shoes several times on the head. — @andile_tshuma