Chinhoyi woman who made headlines in February after she reportedly stabbed a 13-year-old boy avenging the beating of her minor son, has been acquitted of all attempted murder charges.
The magistrate said the juvenile exhibited traits of a bully.
The assailant, Monalisa Choguya (33) who resides in Mpata Single Quarters area in Chinhoyi was freed on Friday by Magistrate Ignatius Mugove.She was acquitted at the close of the state case.
The state, represented by Nyasha Sibesha called two witnesses whose evidence showed that the boy, Tonderai Kamhuka was the aggressor.
The incident occurred around 10am at 1644 B Single Quarters where the two had a misunderstanding when Choguyas child trespassed into Kamhuka’s yard. The teenager attacked the seven-year-old boy who was playing with other children and the younger boy alerted his mother about the assault.
The teenager then started beating the accused before she ran into the house where she picked a kitchen knife which she then used to stab him once on the back of the head and in the stomach.Neighbours later refrained the two from fighting and took the boy to Chinhoyi Clinic.
Asked by defence lawyer Fortune Murisi why he decided to use a twig to assault the accused, who is much older than him and in-fact a mother figure, the teen stunned the court saying he was capable of inflicting grievous harm had he used his hands.
The boy, a Grade Six school dropout, alleged Choguya was frail and weaker compared to him.The court heard Tonderai used a knife to trim a branch off a lemon tree which he used as a switch to repeatedly flog Choguya.
An enraged Choguya armed herself with a knife before attacking Tonderai in a scuffle which also saw her sustaining a cut on her left hand from the tussling.
The teenager sustained a deep cut in the stomach and his intestines protruded outside. The boy was later rushed to Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital and was later transferred to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals for further management.
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