A 25-year-old Chivi man, who recently returned from South
Africa, allegedly teamed up with his brother and father to fatally assault his
grandmother before trying to evade arrest by claiming to be suffering from
coronavirus.
However, the suspect, Bright Tizirai of Makuvire village in
Madyangove communal lands, was arrested after results proved he was negative.
He had allegedly argued that his arrest would not only
endanger the health of law enforcement officers, but other suspects at Chivi
Police Station.
When results came out negative, Bright was locked up
together with his accomplices, his father Duduzile Tizirai (49) and sibling
Daniel (21), for allegedly murdering his septuagenarian grandmother Nyengeterai
Tizirai, whom they accused of possessing goblins that purportedly killed Duduzile’s
wife last month.
The trio allegedly killed the hapless granny after beating
her up with a horse harness and a log at a dip tank in the village on April 5. After the beating, the suspects allegedly force marched the
victim back to the village where they dumped her in a vegetable garden.
Later in the evening of the same day, the suspects
allegedly ordered the woman’s niece, Catherine Takaedza, to collect her from
the garden where she lay unconscious and take her home.
Masvingo police spokesperson Chief Inspector Charity Mazula
said after putting her aunt to bed, Takaedza later checked on her and
discovered that she was not breathing and went to alert Duduzile. Police
arrested Daniel the next morning following a report while Duduzile and Bright
fled.
The two later handed handed themselves to the police.
Bright warned that holding him was risky because of his Covid-19 positive
status. Provincial Medical Director Dr Amadeous Shamu collected
samples from Bright and tested him for Covid-19 at the request of the police.
“We collected samples from the murder suspect (Bright) in
Chivi who recently returned from South Africa and claimed to have had Covid-19.
The results came out negative,” said Dr Shamu.
Bright, his sibling and father were remanded in custody and
advised to apply for bail at the High Court. Masvingo is still to record its
first positive case of Covid-19 with all tests conducted to date coming out
negative. Herald
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