Terrence Mawawa Chivi A sex-obsessed local man severely assaulted his wife until she lost her left eye because she had refused to have sex with him.
In an incident that raised the ire of the local community and women’s rights groups, Tawedzerwa Gwarera(26) of Tavagadza Village, under Headman Mupindu in Chivi, nearly killed his wife after she refused to have sex with him. Gwarera ran amok, charged at his wife and thoroughly bashed her totally incensed by her refusal to have sex with him.
He appeared before Magistrate Bishard Chineka last week facing assault charges. Gwarera returned home at around 4am on the day and demanded to have sex with his wife, Portia Tavenyika but she refused. Angered by his wife’s refusal to have sex with him, Gwarera assaulted her with open hands and fists on her head. Tavenyika lost her left eye after being severely assaulted by Gwarera. Gwarera was remanded in custody to August 10 2016. Tavenyika’s relatives expressed shock at Gwarera’s reckless behaviour.
“We believe that whenever there are differences between married people, it is advisable to resort to dialogue.We do not know why Gwarera arrived home at such an odd hour. This could be the reason why Portia refused to have sex with her husband. She wanted to know where Gwarera was coming from at 4am,” said one of Tavenyika’s relatives.