Chiefs goalie assault case withdrawn
Will go for mediation with his estranged wife
ASSAULT charges against Kaizer Chiefs' number two goalkeeper, Arthur Bartman, have been withdrawn.
Bartman, 39, was arrested in June last year after he allegedly assaulted his estranged wife Arriette, 36, at their home in Buccleuch, north of Johannesburg.
Randburg Magistrate's Court prosecutor Arnold Limekhaya yesterday withdrew the charge for mediation.
"The matter was set for plea and trial. However, the State has decided to withdraw the charges for mediation," Limekhaya told Magistrate Silas Boloka.
Bartman, who is from Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal, looked nervous as he sat in court.
Wearing black trousers, matching belt and shoes, and a grey-striped shirt, he stood quietly and had his eyes fixed on the floor.
Bartman's advocate C Smith said she did not have any objections to the court's decision.
It was alleged that the soccer star insulted and slapped his wife, then kicked her in the ribs and hips during an argument while he was removing his clothes from the house.
During the fight, Bartman is also said to have kicked the family puppy in the mouth when it began biting him, causing the dog to bleed.
His wife, who has one child with Bartman, left the court in a hurry.
Bartman declined to comment on the matter outside court.
The couple is in the process of getting divorced.
TDK
It's nice to get married but divorce is more bitter and painful for men when they start to think that they brought household income maybe 10 times fold than what their wives did or simply wives were wholly dependant on them and that now they would have to share their hard earned thousands and millions with them.Report Abuse
Papage
Was there a case here? Some people use tax payers monies for nothing, cases must be checked first if they need to come to court before wasting money for nothing. I appeal to the court to instruct fighting couples to go to family courts for advise, some marriage problems can be sorted without dirvocing each other and at the end children suffer, divorce is preventable and lawyers must give proper advise, dont just make maney by divorcing people. It is sad to loose the one you once loved and as for the children worse. Where are the Ministers who married this people? are they involved when they divorce? I dont think so.Report Abuse
Papage
@ TDK, it is not about who brought how much to the house, money matters not, this can be avoided if all Parents and the Ministers are involved when we encounter marital problems, the problem with us is, we dont seek help, we shoot strait to the merciless lawyers who just want money, not help resolve the problem.Report Abuse
sekhebereshe
its a shame when public figures gets involved in such things...he should be ashamed of himself...animal!!!!!!!!!!Report Abuse
