It never rains but pours for an 82 year old Masvingo grandfather from Muchehe Village under Chief Murinye, as neighbouring hookers and widows who were sexually quenching their desire from the mentally ill young man are breathing fire over the unauthorised circumcision, which was carried without the victim’s consent.
Kufakunesu Pagwaringira’s grandfather who has since been slapped with a six-month jail term after he bound the man and forcibly used a home-made knife to circumcise him, is said to be seeking police protection, after he was threatened with unspecified action from the mentioned women, who are accusing him of having caused their lover’s anguish, by using the domestic knife.
 
Pagwaringira who was sentenced by Masvingo Regional Magistrate Judith Zuyu, told this reporter that he is now fearing for his life, after receiving threats from these hookers, who are staying in the same village. “He is a cruel old man, who belongs to hell, because he is not a medical practitioner and therefore is not authorised to operate anyone. He has inconvenienced us sexually, because Gibson is our man,” said a hooker who only identified herself as Kumbirai.
 
Sixteen-year-old Gibson Hwekave who is mentally challenged only got some herbs applied to the wounds after the operation. It is said that Pagwaringira circumcised the boy because he was sexually abused from time to time and Pagwaringira felt that he could protect him from sexually transmitted diseases by removing his foreskin.
 
 
Pagwaringira pleaded with the court to give him a non-custodial sentence since he was the only one looking after the mentally challenged boy, and was sentenced to a wholly suspended jail term.
 
 
The Court heard that the accused called the complainant into his house and asked him to get some nice clothes so that they could go to church, and the complainant complied.
 
 
However Pagwaringira tied Hwekwave’s hands behind his back, before he force-marched the complainant onto a mountain and ordered him to lie down on a rock.
He removed Hwekwave’s pair of trousers and produced a knife from his pocket and cut the foreskin of the complainant’s manhood afterwards applying some herbs.
 
Magistrate Zuyu slapped Pagwaringira with 6 month imprisonment wholly suspended for 5 years.
 
 
An unknown caller, most suspected to be one of the hookers, tipped the Police who discovered that a home-made knife had been used to circumcise the boy.
Pagwaringira was arrested and the knife was then recovered as an exhibit. The complainant was referred to hospital for medical examination by a medical doctor who compiled the expert report used in court.