One of the daughters of Sungura Maestro, Alick Macheso, Sharon Macheso, has blamed the collapsed of her two month marriage on drugs that her husband takes and then become violent towards her.
She has gone to court to expose the ills of her husband.
Sharon said "Barely a month into the marriage the conduct of the respondent has
been hostile towards me. He has on several occasions perpetrated acts of physical violence as well as verbal assault on my person.
“The underlying cause of respondent's
behaviour is that he abuses alcohol and drugs. He has a penchant for
drinking broncklin, he also smokes cannabis and abuses amtriplin pills.
After taking these drugs he becomes violent, uncooperative and acts in
an unbecoming manner," said Sharon in her application.
"The last straw happened on the 12th
of October 2014 after he had spent most of the day drinking alcohol. I
confronted him about this behaviour to which he then unleashed verbal
abuse on me."
"He then went on to physically
assault me using open palms, fists and booted foot whilst I lay
helplessly on the floor," she said. "The most despicable thing is that
he directed his assault on my abdomen when he fully knows that I am
pregnant."
"He is always telephoning me
demanding that I should return to him or else he would commit suicide. I
found the threats to be real as he has, on several occasions in my
presence, attempted to commit suicide either by hanging himself or by
stabbing himself with a kitchen knife," she said.