A CHIKANGA woman who axed her husband following a domestic
dispute on Christmas day last year broke down in court on Wednesday as she
narrated why she committed the heinous act.
Anesu Mafokosho (24) of Chikanga 2 is charged with murder
as defined in Section 47(1) (a) or (b) of the Criminal Law Codification and
Reform Act Chapter 9:23.
She appeared before Justice Hlekani Mwayera at the High
Court saying issues of infidelity led her to kill her husband of three years.
“I grew up in poverty and I was rejected by society. My
first boyfriend’s family rejected me because I was from a poor family. Years
later, I met my husband Vitalis Mudhumo, the deceased whom I dated for three
months, moved in with him and got married in 2015.
“He was a good man who assisted my family with food and
money as well as helping my epileptic young brother,” said Mafokosho.
She said a few months later, her marriage got complicated
when Mudhumo started dating an Econet employee named Edith Marembo (28) who
knew that he was a married man.
“My husband started seeing a girl from Econet, he compared
me with her saying that she was better in bed and also she had a better job
than mine. That angered me,” added Mafokosho.
On the day of the murder she said the deceased came to
collect his clothes so that he can leave her for Marembo.
“When he came to collect his clothes, he showed me
Marembo’s pictures and love messages indicating that he was serious about
leaving me for her.
“He told me not to be surprised if he had other kids out of
their marriage. This angered me to the extent of striking him in the head while
he was not aware,” said Mafokosho.
She said after committing the act she lived for five days
in a Sakubva mountain cave attempting to kill herself in different ways but it
did not work. She later decided to go to her mother’s village in Chigodora,
where police found her and arrested her.
Public prosecutor Ms Jane Rose Matsikidze prosecuted while
Mr Chris Ndlovu of Goneso and Ndlovu Legal Practitioners represented the
accused.
The trial is still in progress and Justice Mwayera told
Mafokosho to come back to court on October 16 after undergoing psycho therapy
sessions. Manica Post
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