Terrence Mawawa| A farm employee has been arrested for bashing his wife and leaving her for dead after she had gone through his mobile phone messages.

Edson Maudzeni, a farm worker at Denolly Farm in Beatrice confronted his wife and severely bashed her for scrutinising his phone messages.

Beatrice Magistrate Yeukai Chigodora heard that on September 17, 2017, Maudzeni assaulted his wife with clenched fists all over her body for going through messages in his mobile phone.

“I assaulted her bacause she was influenced by her friends to go through my phone,” said Maudzeni.

He was fined $ 100 for the offence.