Stepmother scalds 2 minors for bedwetting

A 26-YEAR-OLD Marondera woman, who burnt her husband’s two minor children’s private parts with boiling water after accusing them of bedwetting, was yesterday denied bail by Marondera magistrate Rumbidzai Munemo.

Adiona Mukarakate, of Yellow City Suburb, will return to court on January 15 for trial.

She is accused of ill-treating children as defined in section 7 of the Children’s Protection and Adoption Act (Chapter 5:06).

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