After years of fighting to get justice in the case of the man who allegedly beat her and left her blind in one eye, Josina Machel was dealt a further blow when his conviction was overturned.
“The sentence delivered a week ago by the SCA, declaring my aggressor Rufino Licuco innocent is a blow to the struggle by women against gender-based violence, a men's war against women. It is a blow to millions of Mozambican, South African, African and women around the world. Paraphrasing from my father Samora Machel, she said: “I have lost a battle, but we have not lost the war.”
Licuco was found guilty in the Maputo City Court in 2017 of domestic violence. He was sentenced to three years and four months in prison, suspended for five years on condition he pay her about R66-million . He instead took the case to the Appeals Court which last week overturned the conviction because there were no witnesses and therefore no proof Machel was assaulted.
She said as a result of the intimidation, she approached the Randburg Magistrate’s Court for a protection order in 2016.
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