A Harare man is in court after he assaulted his mother with an axe on the head after a dispute at their home.
This came after the man took offence when his mother reprimanded him for verbally abusing a tenant at their family home. The man named Ben Mapfumo got angry at his mother and inflicted injury on her head with an axe.
He was later arrested after he was reported to the police and is now in court facing assault charges.
Ben Mapfumo was remanded into custody after his initial bail hearing because his mother refused to take him back home, stating that she feared for her life.
The court then advised Mapfumo to find an alternative address so that it could help his bail hearing.
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Details that led to assault
The court was told that on 24 September at 7 pm, Mapfumo was drunk, and he started shouting at and verbally abusing the tenant at their family home.
His mother took him inside their dining room and reprimanded him to stop shouting at their tenant. This did not sit well with the accused person, who then pushed his mother to the wall and ordered her to go to sleep.
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Mapfumo then threatened to kill his mother and went outside, where he took an axe. He came back with the axe and placed it on his mother’s head, causing a cut. Upon seeing this, Mapfumo’s wife screamed, and Mapfumo left for his room.
His mother then made a police report that led to her son’s arrest. She went on to be examined medically, and the doctor’s report was used as evidence in court.
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