Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Wife-battering karateka

Zimbabwe: President Robert Mugabe's spokesman George Charamba attempted to kill his wife, Rudo, "in cold blood" and later staged a cover-up, according to former Information Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo.

Moyo would not say if Charamba's alleged attempt to "murder" his wife was on February 24, 2005 -- the only publicly known wife-battering incident by Charamba which Zimbabwean prosecutors were instructed not to pursue.

On that day, Charamba is said to have beat his wife "severely", then assaulted her baby "badly", according to disclosures in Zanu PF's official newspaper, The Voice.

When he was confronted on the charge, Charamba -- said to have a black belt in karate -- referred questions to his lawyer Johannes Tomana who claimed the case had been withdrawn by Charamba's wife.

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