Bright Zhou
A 20-year-old woman who resides at Sunshine, Zexcom in Masvingo appeared before Masvingo magistrate Elizabeth Hanzie for physically assaulting her daughter with an electric cable.
She was sentenced to community service at Masvingo General Hospital
On passing judgment, Hanzie said parents are not supposed to abuse their children but it was their duty to look after them.
It was the state case as presented by Prosecutor Tinotenda Makoti that on September 5, 2023 the accused Beauty Sibanda (20) hit her daughter Mufaro Sibanda (4) times on the face and head with an electric cable.
Shelter Manzvimbo (59), who is mother to the accused person and grandmother to the victim, intervened and stopped Sibanda before reporting the assault to the police.
Manzvimbo told the court that her daughter assaulted the victim saying she wanted to kill her daughter since the toddler’s father left her and was failing to provide for her.
