Tabeth Mashizha of Muzanenhamo Village Chief Chirau was
arrested after attending an apostolic church session in Zvimba last Friday. She
appeared before Chinhoyi provincial magistrate Tamari Chibindi yesterday
charged with murder.
Prosecuting Review Nikisi told the court that on August 23,
2018, at Gwamba Village, Mashizha and her husband Stanford Mazibiye a.k.a.
Farai Sithole were at Masabera homestead, where they were employed as domestic
workers.
On the same day, the couple were left at the homestead in
the company of Netty Mangachaya and they had an axe.
Mashizha acting in connivance with her husband and armed
with an axe and hammer, struck Mangachaya several times on her head and face
and killed her.
After killing her, the couple ransacked the house and stole
US$6000 before fleeing to Mozambique.
The Investigating officer detective Sergeant Morris Mlilo
opposed bail telling the court that Mashizha had been on the run since the day
of the commission of the offence and skipped the border and went to stay in
Mozambique for three years. He said she was a flight risk.
He said Mashizha’s accomplice had remained in Mozambique at
his parents’ home and if Mashizha was to be granted bail, she was likely to go
back and join her husband in Mozambique.
Sgt Mlilo told the court that Mashizha knew illegal
crossing points into Mozambique, which makes her cross the border willy-nilly
without a passport or travel documents.
Magistrate Chibindi advised Mashizha to apply for bail at
the High Court. She will appear again in court on May 31 for routine remand. H
Metro
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