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Faith Mutema Herald Reporter
A Harare woman reportedly assaults her former husband for infecting her with HIV, a civil court has heard. The woman allegedly harasses her ex-husband and his second wife over the treatment of their positive nine-year-old daughter. The man, who was seeking a protection order against his ex-wife over alleged threats to disfigure him and throw him out of their Glen View home, told magistrate Mr Trevor Nyatsanza that she abuses him each time she visits.

“At one point I even slept in the toilet because she was denying me access to the house,” he said, adding, “I am now living in fear as she promised to fix and harm me.” He also told the court that the abuses started over issues about having their nine-year-old daughter on HIV treatment.

He alleged that his ex-wife was in the habit of squandering all the money he sends for their daughter’s medical treatment. He told the court that he had to relocate from Rugare to Glen View because her threats and assaults that were becoming serious.

The woman refuted the allegations and told the court that he was denying the child access to medical treatment, saying that she should go to an Apostolic Sect to seek healing. “I never harassed him or his wife, we just argued over the welfare of the child because he had cut all of her medication saying that I should take her to his apostolic church,” she said.

Mr Nyatsanza ordered the woman to stop abusing her ex-husband in any way and that they solve their daughter’s issues amicably.