Man assaults wife over ‘car fresh air’

A 24-YEAR-OLD Harare man, Delight Mutizwa, yesterday appeared at the Mbare Magistrates’ Court charged with assaulting his wife on New Year’s Eve after the latter opened the couple’s car window to let in fresh air as they travelled to Kadoma.

The journey, according to State papers, was cut short as Mutizwa made a sudden U-turn and drove back to Harare after assaulting his wife, Wilmar Muronda, who apparently had opened the vehicle’s window despite the fact that her husband had switched on the car’s air-conditioning system.

Mutizwa pleaded not guilty to assault charges when he appeared before Mbare resident magistrate Anita Tshuma, who remanded him to next Monday on $100 bail.

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