Times Of Swaziland: COP ASSAULTS, FRACTURES STEPDAUGHTER’S ARM

COP ASSAULTS, FRACTURES STEPDAUGHTER’S ARM
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BY VUYILE DLAMINI on 06/05/2021 08:01:00


MANZINI – A police officer based in Mbabane was granted a partly suspended
sentence by the court after he was arrested for assaulting his 13-year-old
stepdaughter.
Mbongiseni Talos Thwala (39) of Elulakeni was arrested and charged for
contravening the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence (SODV) Act in that he
assaulted the 13-year-old daughter of his lover, when he kicked, slapped and
pushed her onto a concrete floor. This, Thwala did on January 14, 2021 near
Matsapha. After the incident, a medical report suggested that due to the
assault, *Simmy suffered a fracture on her left arm. According to evidence
submitted by Simmy before Matsapha Magistrate Lucia Lukhele yesterday, the minor
was visiting her mother at the Matsapha Police Camp, where she (mother) resides
with Thwala.
Errands
She narrated that after her mother left the house to run errands in town, she
was left home alone with Thwala, when, at about 6:30pm, Thwala left the house to
answer a phone call outside. Simmy informed the court that as she was standing
by the front door, Thwala violently pushed her aside so that he could go out and
answer his cellphone. When the call was concluded, Simmy said she took the
opportunity to address Thwala about the ill-treatment she received from him on a
frequent basis, to which he ignored her. She stated that even after she
threatened to report his behaviour to her biological father and uncles, Thwala
still, did not answer any of her questions, let alone address the minor
concerns. However, after about 10 minutes, Simmy’s mother was said to have
arrived at the house and shockingly, while her mother watched helplessly, Thwala
started assaulting the minor by kicking her and slapping her on her face.
To the shock of Simmy and her mother, Thwala was said to have taken his assault
to another level when he suddenly manhandled the minor, picked her up and
dropped her on a concrete floor of the house. Simmy, who at this point looked to
her mother to help her, had to resorted to raising the alarm, after seeing that
her mother was frozen in shock, and was not making any attempts to assist her.
“I had no choice but to escape from Thwala’s wrath, so I fled the house and
requested assistance from officers, who were worried about me. They assisted me
by calling my father, who arrived hastily to take me to the police station and
later, the hospital,” she relayed.
Assistance
When asked why her mother did not render assistance to her, Simmy said she had,
in fact, questioned her mother about that. But, the response she received was
not what she expected.