By A Correspondent- A Mutare magistrate has been assaulted by a woman who accused her of dating her husband.

The magistrate, Tamara Chibindi, was this week attacked with a hammer on the head at her home in Murambi low-density suburb and sustained serious wounds.

The woman who assaulted the magistrate, one Thelmor Mudhefi (31) has since been arrested in connection with the attack.

Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Inspector Luxson Chananda confirmed the case this Friday.

“Chibindi was attacked with a hammer by Mudhefi who was accusing her of having an affair with her husband. She sustained injuries on the head and hand,” he said.

It is said that Mudhefi went to Chibindi`s residence and asked a domestic worker who was working in the garden to call her boss.

Mudhefi is also reported to have taken up the matter with the Judiciary Service Commission (JSC), the employers of Chibindi.