Furious woman flings £2,500 engagement ring across court after she was ordered to pay £180k legal costs
Trish Gariyaki, 37, claimed she was a 'kept woman' who received luxurious and expensive gifts, but the relationship ended when he found her with another man
A “KEPT woman” flung her engagement ring across the court when she was told to pay her ex more than £180,000.
Trish Garikayi, 37, was enraged at losing the costly legal battle with businessman, Wisdom Penfold, 58.
After the judge ruled against her, she hurled the £2,500 diamond ring across the courtroom towards her former fiancé.
But Mr Penfold, who said she spent his money while he was blinded by love, calmly picked it up and handed it to his solicitor.
Their six-year relationship fell apart when he caught her with another man, Central London county court was told.
They met in 2009, got engaged in 2013 and planned to buy a home and begin a family, the judge heard.
Mr Penfold paid a £35,000 deposit, refurbishment costs and two mortgage payments on her home in Guildford, Surrey.
Nurse Miss Garikayi claimed she was a kept woman who received gifts of luxury cars and a £100,000 bracelet.
But Mr Penfold said he gave her only a designer coat, shoes and “the little pink M&S pigs” she liked.
He did pay £218,000 into her account for their future home.
But she claimed she saw it as a gift and bought a £91,000 house with it in Zimbabwe.
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Judge Alexander Hill-Smith backed Mr Penfold, of Cranleigh, Surrey, saying Miss Garikayi had her “eyes firmly on winning the case”.
He ordered her to pay Mr Penfold £116,000, plus a fifth of the value of her £340,000 home and £62,000 in legal costs.
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