Man denies paternity, saying he hasn't had sex for 24 years
Published: 2013 October 15 19:46:09 (4786 Views)
A Bulawayo man yesterday stunned the court when he said he had not had sex for the past 24 years because he is afraid of contracting HIV.
Mr Ephraim Tendere, whose details of Romney Park said this while denying paternity of the six-year-old daughter he is alleged to have had with girlfriend Ms Sharleen Connick at the Maintenance Court.
Mr Tendere told Bulawayo magistrate Mr Victor Mpofu that the child could not be his because he last had sex in 1989 and since then he has been afraid of contracting the virus that causes Aids after seeing his two brothers succumb to the disease.
He also left the court stunned when he claimed that Ms Connick was his relative and he could not have engaged in a sexual relationship with her.
"I am surprised because the applicant is a relative of mine and this child is not mine. I would not have slept with my relative.
"I am a widower and since I saw my brothers dying of Aids I have never wanted to have sex. I last had sex in 1989 and I do not agree that I could be the father of this child," said Mr Tendere.
Mr Tendere, who said he was a mechanic and sometimes works as a part time driver, told the court that the applicant was a liar and he would not give her any money for her child.
However, Ms Connick insisted that Mr Tendere was the father of her daughter who she said he fathered when he invited her to his house since they live in the same suburb.
"He is lying. We had an affair leading to the birth of this child. We stay in the same neighbourhood and he used to call me to his house and I would sleep over," said Ms Connick, adding that she was now married to another man.
She told the court that after the birth of the child, Mr Tendere would sometimes invite her to his house whenever she asked for maintenance money so that he could give her "something" but he never did.
"I would go there and he would start telling me that he did not have money. That is why I decided to come to court because this man is not honest and is irresponsible. I could not have just come and sued him if he was not the father of my child," she said.
The magistrate ordered Mr Tendere to pay $65 per month starting at the end of this month for the upkeep of the child pending the paternity test.
"The interests of a child are considered paramount than any other concerns of the two parties," said Mr Mpofu.
Ms Connick had applied for $250 per month.
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Mr Ephraim Tendere, whose details of Romney Park said this while denying paternity of the six-year-old daughter he is alleged to have had with girlfriend Ms Sharleen Connick at the Maintenance Court.
Mr Tendere told Bulawayo magistrate Mr Victor Mpofu that the child could not be his because he last had sex in 1989 and since then he has been afraid of contracting the virus that causes Aids after seeing his two brothers succumb to the disease.
He also left the court stunned when he claimed that Ms Connick was his relative and he could not have engaged in a sexual relationship with her.
"I am surprised because the applicant is a relative of mine and this child is not mine. I would not have slept with my relative.
"I am a widower and since I saw my brothers dying of Aids I have never wanted to have sex. I last had sex in 1989 and I do not agree that I could be the father of this child," said Mr Tendere.
Mr Tendere, who said he was a mechanic and sometimes works as a part time driver, told the court that the applicant was a liar and he would not give her any money for her child.
However, Ms Connick insisted that Mr Tendere was the father of her daughter who she said he fathered when he invited her to his house since they live in the same suburb.
"He is lying. We had an affair leading to the birth of this child. We stay in the same neighbourhood and he used to call me to his house and I would sleep over," said Ms Connick, adding that she was now married to another man.
She told the court that after the birth of the child, Mr Tendere would sometimes invite her to his house whenever she asked for maintenance money so that he could give her "something" but he never did.
"I would go there and he would start telling me that he did not have money. That is why I decided to come to court because this man is not honest and is irresponsible. I could not have just come and sued him if he was not the father of my child," she said.
The magistrate ordered Mr Tendere to pay $65 per month starting at the end of this month for the upkeep of the child pending the paternity test.
"The interests of a child are considered paramount than any other concerns of the two parties," said Mr Mpofu.
Ms Connick had applied for $250 per month.
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