Diana told Harare Civil Court magistrate Ms Gamuchirai Siwardi on Monday that William sexually abused her and would force her to bed him or risk being assaulted. She was seeking a protection order against William.
“He assaults me and is forcefully having sexual intercourse with me even when I am not in the mood,” Diana said. If I refuse he assaults me and demands the money he paid as lobola saying he paid the money so that he would have sex whenever he wanted. He also assaults me in front of our children. He once followed me to church and assaulted me in front of the congregation.
“He even assaults me for refusing to give him money to buy cigarettes and he insults me using obscene words. I want the court to stop him from assaulting me especially for refusing to have sex with him because he sexually abuses me,” she said.
William did not oppose his wife’s application for a protection order but told the court that he no longer abused her. “I am not opposed to her application but some of the things she is saying happened a long time ago,” he said. “I have never abused her this time.” Ms Siwardi ordered William to stop sexually abusing his wife and respect her as his wife.