A Chinhoyi mother was arrested after she thrashed her seven old child with a cooking stick until it broke. Pamela Chipandu had left th...
A Chinhoyi mother was arrested after she thrashed her seven
old child with a cooking stick until it broke.
Pamela Chipandu had left the minor in the house on her own
and was angered when she got food from a concerned neighbour. The court heard
that Chipandu left the minor in the morning and returned in the evening.
Upon return she asked the minor if she had eaten anything
and was told she ate rice that had been given to her by their neighbour. She
flew into a rage and grabbed a cooking stick which she used to assault the
minor her on the hands, buttocks and legs until the stick broke.
She took another cooking stick and continued to assault her before sending the minor to sleep. In the morning Chipandu awakened
the minor and started to assault her again with a cooking stick on her hands,
buttocks and legs.
The minor was taken to hospital where a medical affidavit
revealed that the minor had suffered soft tissue injury.
Chipandu appeared before Chinhoyi Provincial Magistrate,
Ranga Rwizi, who jailed but suspended suspended the three years’ jail term.
Chipandu admitted assaulting the minor saying that she
wanted to discipline her.
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