Nyatsi acquitted after testifying that she had sex with married man
A frustrated Molepolole woman has vowed to appeal a marriage wrecking court case outcome after the chief discharged and acquitted a woman she had caught red handed in bed with her husband.
Visibly disappointed, flustered and confused the rejected wife, Kefilwe Kgosi told this publication soon after the judgement was delivered that she felt hard done by what she termed, ‘an unfair judgement,’
“I found him sleeping with the woman. When I asked the woman why she was wrecking my marriage she did not respond. Instead, my husband jumped to her defence, and started pleading with me to forgive her since she was terrified of me. To say I was shocked would be an understatement,”explained Kefilwe, adding that when she pounced on the cheating couple, her husband was hurriedly putting on his underwear.
” I tried to take a picture of him but he wrestled for the phone and overpowered me,” she said.
Kefilwe had brought before court a lawsuit demanding a payment of 8 cows or P32, 000 from her love rival, Refilwe Neo Mmusi considering that her husband had spent money on hotel bills to sleep with Mmusi over a period of time.
The marriage wrecking case was brought before Kgosi Kebonyethebe Kgari of Molepolole Customary Court on December 30th, 2022.
Taking the court into details, 49-year-old Kefilwe said she caught Mmusi with her husband, Motlhankana Kgosi at his friend’s house while she was on hunt for him around the village on December 19th, 2022 morning.
She said Motlhankana had tried to ask for forgiveness from her several times but she could not find it in her heart to forgive him although they had continued to live together after the cheating incident.
Giving evidence in court Kefilwe told of how she had had called headman of records, Kareng to the incident where the husband confessed to cheating.
” The headman then told me that I was the one to decide if I forgive her or open a case, I then decided to call the police who later brought us before Bakwena main kgotla,” revealed Kefilwe.
Meanwhile Mmusi did not deny the accusations.
In her defence she told the court that her relationship with the married man started in September 2022 further disclosing that whenever they had sex they used protection.
“We use protection but the day you caught us we didn’t do anything,” said Mmusi in response to Kefilwe’s demand for her to state if they had been using protection.
She continued; “We don’t always meet as I stay in Gaborone, sometimes I take a month without seeing him. He normally books hotels for day rest and pays, in fact he has paid three times so far. I did not know I was ‘eating’ Kefilwe’s money because he did not wear a ring,” explained Mmusi.
The outspoken Mmusi further shocked the court when she revealed that she only became suspicious that something was amiss when Motlhankana said that he was in the process of divorce from a wife who mistreated him.
“I didn’t know I was wrecking a marriage, I made a genuine mistake because of Mr Kgosi who told me that he was in a divorce process and even showed me the papers.”
Passing judgement Kgosi Kgari stated that from the evidence tendered in court it was only said that Mmusi was found with the married man inside a house but none of the witnesses proved that on that date the duo had sexual intercourse.
“There is even no evidence of things like condoms or underwear. Although Mmusi testified that she had sex with the complainant’s husband in Gaborone about three times there is no one in court and no evidence to prove that. Even though Mma Kgosi claimed she had her husband’s underwear as evidence, none of the witnesses testified about it, therefore the court makes decision to dismiss the case,” concluded Kgosi Kgari much to the amazement of his audience.
