By Tell Reporter
HELL hath no fury like a sex starved woman. A Bikita woman, starved of conjugal rights by her polygamous husband for long allegedly set the kitchen hut alight in which the man was sleeping with his second wife in a fit of jealousy.Appearing before Judith Zuyu on Thursday Shingai Mandivengerei, 34 of Zima Village under Chief Mukanganwi pleaded not guilty to two counts
of attempted murder and arson. She was remanded in custody to 21 July for further trial. Mandivengerei is first wife to Tasara Zima, 39,the complainant and of the same area.
She however, denied that she had an intention to kill the two but admitted that she set the hut alight.
“I did not tie the door of the hut in which the complainants were sleeping. The door was not locked but I admit that I set it on fire and I did it because I was angry,” said Mandivengerei.
Prosecutors say a sex starved Mandivengerei last week woke up and torched the kitchen hut in which Zima and Mary Dzingai,28 of the same village were sleeping in the wee hours of the night.
“On Thursday last week, at about 8 PM, Zima and Dzingai went to sleep in their bedroom hut. On the following day at around 01.30 AM while the two were asleep, a jealousy Mandivengerei who was sleeping in their bedroom hut, woke up and proceeded to where the two were sleeping. Upon reaching the hut, Mandivengerei allegedly tied the door from outside with a wire before setting the thatched roof on fire,” said Moreblessing Rusere prosecuting.
“Zima and Dzingai were lucky to escape unhurt after the former managed to break the door using an axe.”
The court heard that the fire engulfed the kitchen hut until it was razed to the ground. Local
