BY PHUMLANI SAUL
THE WOMAN was sleeping soundly when she was jerked from her slumber by the searing pain all over her face and body.
But it wasn’t due to a bad dream . . .
When she opened her eyes, she found her husband standing over her with a pot of steaming hot water in his hands!
The 38-year-old woman from Mountainview near Kariega in Eastern Cape, claimed her 44-year-old husband scarred her for life because she neglected to leave the house keys behind for him when she went to work on Tuesday morning.
“My husband often calls when he won’t be coming back home, so on Tuesday I didn’t leave him the key as he didn’t call,” she said.
“But when I returned from work in the evening, he was waiting for me at a street corner. He began manhandling me right then and there, insulting me about not leaving him the key.”
The woman said she went into the house and he followed her, still showering her with insults.
She said she realised that her husband was very angry, so she left him alone and went to bed.
“I was sleeping facing up when he came in and poured the boiling water on my face and body,” she said.
“I jumped out of the bed but he throttled me, pressing me to the floor until I lost consciousness.
“When I regained consciousness, I saw a rope hanging from the rafters. I felt severe pain on my face and body where he burnt me. He was no longer in the house,” she said.
She called the neighbours, who called an ambulance and she was rushed to hospital.
Sergeant Zikhona Mahlangu said the husband was arrested when he came to the hospital to check on his wife. He will appear in court Thursday.
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