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The saying that goes "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely" comes to mind when I read this story. Finally, after much negotiation, the Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe has handed herself over
to police after she allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old model with an extension
cord. She is expected to appear in court
later on Tuesday.
According to the alleged victim, Gabriella Engels, she was
visiting Mugabe’s two sons Robert and Chatunga at the Capital 20 West Hotel
whom she met through a mutual friend on Saturday.
Engels said a bodyguard asked her and a
friend to wait in a separate room before Mugabe allegedly started beating her.
"When Grace entered I had no idea
who she was. She walked in with an extension cord and just started beating me
with it,"
Engels said Mugabe accused her of
living with her sons.
"She flipped and just kept beating
me with the plug. Over and over. I had no idea what was going on. I was
surprised… I needed to crawl out of the room before I could run away.
"Her ten bodyguards just stood
there watching, no one did anything, no one tried to help me."
Engels said hotel staff escorted her
out of the hotel. She immediately tried to open a case of assault at the
Sandton police station.
A police officer, however, advised her
to seek medical attention first.
"There was blood everywhere. Over
my arms, in my hair, everywhere."
She opened a case of assault against
the 52-year-old Mugabe on Monday afternoon.
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