Terrence Mawawa, Gutu| A teacher here was severely bashed after being caught with a local villager’ s wife.

Henry Munodawafa, a teacher at Dambwara Primary School in Gutu District was trapped by the woman’s husband, William Charara.

Officials at the school told ZimEye.com, the woman, identified as Acquilina, came to the school to sell vegetables since she was a vendor.

Munodawafa then asked for the woman’s mobile number since he had bought some vegetables from her.

“Munodawafa told the woman he wanted to pay for the vegetables via Ecocash and he obtained her mobile number.

He began to send to send love messages to her and she reported the issue to her husband who mooted a plan to trap him,” said a source at the school.

The woman then began to respond positively.

Oblivious of the fact that Charara was aware of his attempts to have sex with his wife, Munodawafa was invited to the couple’s homestead under the pretext that the woman’s husband was away.

On arrival, Munodawafa entered the couple’ s bedroom, sat on the bed and removed his jacket and sandals.

Charara who was hiding behind the door suddenly emerged and Munodawafa took to his heels, leaving the jacket and sandals.

There was drama when on the following day, Charara went to the school and related the issue to the school head and Munodawafa pleaded guilty in what was like a kangaroo court. Almost instantaneously, Charara took a cattle skin whip and severely beat up Munodawafa in front of other staff members. Munodawafa was beaten up for a continuous 5 minutes and nearly heavily assaulted with fists. He was only saved by the presence of the headmaster and two other teachers, witnesses told ZimEye. His health condition could not be ascertained at the time of writing.