Brighton Chiseva
ZAKA – A man from Chafadza village under Chief Nyakunhuwa in Zaka district was recently slapped with a fine of three beasts by the local village head’s court for bedding his elder brother’s wife.
Aleck Chirende was caught red handed by his cousin Watch Chirende (45) at around 1 am after he had visited his brother’s homestead thinking that he was at work.
Chafadza village head Herimanos Chafadza confirmed the matter and said he settled the matter at his court and fined Aleck three beasts.
“The matter was heard at my court and Watch had initially demanded five cattle but the court ruled that he be given three and the accused was given up to end of August 2022 to pay the fine,” said Chafadza.
Sources close to the matter said on the day in question, Watch who is employed as a security guard at Vanyoro Primary School in Zaka saw Aleck’s messages in his wife’s phone and started suspecting that two were seeing each other.
“On the fateful day, he saw some messages and he questioned his wife but failed to get satisfying answers. He then took the phone and went to work only to return at night. At midnight they heard a knock on the door and he instructed his wife to open,” said the source.
The wife, only referred to as Mai Lenny opened the door and told her boyfriend that her husband was inside. Aleck failed to run away after being overwhelmed with fear after which Watch came out and grabbed him before hauling him to their other brother Bornwell’s place to settle the matter,” added the source.
Another source said Aleck testified that he was in love with his cousin’s wife for years and they used to meet in Bvumbura Mountain for quality time and Watch said he used to wonder why his young brother always called him asking about his whereabouts.
“Watch told the court that Aleck used to phone him asking about his whereabouts but he never suspected anything thinking that it was love and respect from his young brother when in actual fact he wanted to know where he was so that he could have quality time with his wife,” said the source.
After some deliberations at family level, the matter was then reported to the village head’s court where it was heard on May 7.
Aleck tried to deny having a relationship with his brother’s wife but Mai Lenny confirmed the affair and took off her undergarment and slapped him on the face as per tradition in matters like that.
