Admire Chatindo
A 29-year-old Masvingo man recently appeared before Masvingo Magistrate Ivy Jaona facing charges of breaching a peace order after he assaulted his father with a wooden log for accusing him of stealing tenant’s teapot.
The matter was postponed to a later date for further trial.
The court heard that on July 4, 2023 the complainant, Edison Chamisa (72) was granted a peace order against the accused Nyasha Chamisa (29) where he the latter was barred from threatening to assault or assault the complainant and not to insult the applicant in any way by a Masvingo Magistrate.
The state case as presented by prosecutor Nobukhosi Moyo is that on October 18 2023, Nyasha Chamisa against whom a court order has been issued on July 4 2023, failed to comply with the court order by disturbing his elderly father Edison Chamisa, by assaulting and insulting him, using vulgar language on the account that his father had accused him of stealing a teapot belonging to their tenant.
The accused is alleged to have assaulted his father, striking him with a wooden log on the forehead and went on to damage complainant’s door, after which the father reported the matter to the police leading to the son’s arrest.
