A 34-YEAR-OLD Mberengwa woman was arrested last week after
she allegedly fatally assaulted her daughter for failing to surrender the $7
she had received from a customer.
Lydia Chenyika of Dunning Farm in Mberengwa allegedly
struck her daughter, Memory Shumba (15) on the head with the wooden handle of
an axe after the teenager failed to account for the $7 she had received from
one of their customers following an undisclosed business transaction.
Acting Midlands provincial police spokesperson, Assistant
Inspector Ethel Mukwende confirmed the arrest yesterday, saying Chenyika was
assisting law enforcement agents with investigations.
“Police in Mberengwa are investigating a case of murder,
(in which) a 34-year-old woman allegedly killed her 15-year-old daughter over
$7,” Mukwende said.
“On Monday, November 27, at around 1600 hours, the now
deceased, Memory Shumba of Dunning Farm in Mberengwa received $7 which she
later failed to tender to her mother.”
Mukwende said the following day, Chenyika discovered that a
customer had paid some money to her daughter who, however, failed to surrender
it to her.
Chenyika confronted her daughter over the matter before
dragging her to a disused room where she assaulted her with sticks.
“Accused then took the wooden handle of an axe and struck
her daughter once on the head, causing her to bleed profusely,” she said.
“She (accused) went on to strike deceased all over the body
using a strope, but deceased managed to escape.”
Later on the same day, Memory’s body was discovered by
passersby in a bush about 100 metres from the homestead.
The deceased’s body was taken to Zvishavane Hospital for
post-mortem. Newsday
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