{"id":2442,"date":"2015-05-14T09:59:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T09:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=2442"},"modified":"2015-05-14T09:59:54","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T09:59:54","slug":"lumbadzi-woman-rescued-from-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2015\/05\/14\/lumbadzi-woman-rescued-from-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"Lumbadzi woman rescued from \u2018slavery\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/national-69.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2443\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/national-69-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"national-6\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/national-69-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/national-69.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>Police in Lumbadzi have rescued a woman, who found herself in a slave-like situation in her search for employment.<\/p>\n<p>The victim, Dorothy Aaron (22), alleges that she was assaulted and molested by Godfrey Mondiwa (49), who had earlier employed her as a saleslady in June 2014 at his shop at Lumbadzi Trading Centre.<\/p>\n<p>She further alleged that Mondiwa\u2019s assaults sometimes came whenever a male customer stayed long at the shop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was tying my hands and filling my mouth with maize flour <em>(ufa) <\/em>for me not to cry,\u201d Aaron said.<\/p>\n<p>She also alleged that Mondiwa was restricting her from going out of the shop without an escort.<\/p>\n<p>Said Aaron: \u201cHe forced me to be using a <em>gututu <\/em>(a container used as toilet) whenever I wanted to visit the toilet because he could not allow me to go outside. Whenever he went out, he locked me inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Mondiwa dismissed the allegations, saying he was only penalising her for misbehaving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was punishing her for misbehaving and stealing money from my sales in the shop,\u201d said Mondiwa.<\/p>\n<p>According to Lumbadzi police spokesperson, Sapulin Chitonde, police learnt about the issue when Aaron was referred to Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) after she sustained a fracture on her right hand following an alleged assault by Mondiwa on May 1 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, police have disclosed that Dorothy has multiple wounds and scars all over her body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMondiwa hit Dorothy with a heavy metal bar from which she sustained a fracture on her right hand and has since been treated at Kamuzu Central Hospital. We have also found out that she has multiple wounds and scars all over her body which justifies her claims,\u201d said Chitonde.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mondiwa, who is in police custody, awaits trial on three counts of rape, abduction and causing grievous harm contrary to sections 133, 260 and 238 of the Penal Code, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron hails from Limbani Village, Traditional Authority (T\/A) Msamala in Balaka while Mondiwa comes from Patsani Village, T\/A Kapeni in Blantyre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Lumbadzi have rescued a woman, who found herself in a slave-like situation in her search for employment. The victim, Dorothy Aaron (22), alleges that she was assaulted and molested by Godfrey Mondiwa (49), who had earlier employed her as a saleslady in June 2014 at his shop at Lumbadzi Trading Centre. 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