HARARE - A 47-year old city man has been ordered to pay a $50 fine or face 30 days' imprisonment after he assaulted his wife in a dispute over a plastic bag in which he wanted to pack mangoes for his girlfriend.
Magistrate Kudzai Zihove had also sentenced Stanford Masaila to two months’ imprisonment which was wholly suspended on condition he does not commit a similar crime in the next five years.
Masaila had pleaded guilty to the charge.
In passing sentence, Zihove said she had cnsidered that Masaila was a first-time offender who pleaded guilty and, therefore, did not waste the court's time.