An 18-year-old girl from Sauerstown in Bulawayo was rushed to Mpilo Central Hospital after her enraged father assaulted and “fried” her with cooking oil as punishment for trying to stop him from beating up her mother.
This was heard when Anele Moyo (38) appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Malvin Shortgame facing two counts of assault. He pleaded guilty to both counts and was remanded in custody to 12 January 2023 for sentencing. The court had to postpone sentencing, waiting for the girl’s medical examination results so that the magistrate can come up with an ‘appropriate’ sentence.
The court heard that on 25 December 2022 and at around 8pm, Moyo was assaulting his wife over an undisclosed issue when his daughter intervened. His daughter tried to restrain him from beating up her mother and this angered Moyo who turned on her.
Moyo pushed his daughter towards a pot which was on the stove and with boiling cooking oil and she got burnt in the process. She suffered multiple burns all over the body and was rushed to the hospital for medical attention.
The matter was reported to the police leading to the arrest of Moyo.
