Richard Nenhowe had invited his girlfriend Angela Dapi to
Elizabeth Hotel in Harare for a sex romp, but later strangled her to death.
After the murder, Nenhowe attempted to take his own life by
cutting slashing himself in the groin and neck and slitting his wrists.
High Court judge Justice Joseph Musakwa cleared Nenhowe
after two psychiatric reports submitted in court showed that he was insane at
the time he committed the offence.
The court heard that on June 19, Nenhowe left his workplace
in Shurugwi, saying he was going to solve a social matter in Harare.
Along the way, he called a workmate, Tinashe Mazorodze, and
told him that he had an unresolved issue with his girlfriend and wanted to take
his own life.
The court further heard that when Nenhowe arrived in Harare
he went to his employer’s residence in Tynwald and received counselling.
On June 30, the court heard, Nenhowe met Dapi and they
agreed to book a room at Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Harare. The two got intimate
before Nenhowe strangled and assaulted his girlfriend to death.
He then called Mazorodze and informed him he had killed his
girlfriend and was going to commit suicide.
Mazorodze knew the room number that Nenhowe usually booked
at the hotel and rushed there, but he refused to unlock the door.
He then sought help from the police, but Nenhowe still
refused to open the door. The police then forcibly opened the door and found
Dapi’s body on the bed while Nenhowe was bleeding profusely from cuts in the
throat, groin and wrists.
Broken beer bottles and a razor blade were found in the
room. A post mortem conducted on Dapi at Parirenyatwa Hospital showed that
death was due to strangulation and assault. Daily News
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