Elvas Mukono who is being represented by Mr Cosmas Chibaya
of Chibaya and Associates told the court that he was enraged after his bosses
failed to pay him for a job he had completed and butchered them on May 24,
2019.
Justice Hlekani Mwayera is presiding over the spine
chilling murder case that left villagers under Chief Chiduku’s area shocked.
“The deceased, Elson Mberi (74) and his wife, Faina (72),
employed Mukono on May 21 as a domestic worker. During the course of his
employment, Mukono learnt that Faina Mberi had some foreign currency in her
possession.
He hatched a plan to rob her,” principal public prosecutor,
Ms Jane-Rose Matsikidze told the court.
“Before retiring to bed on May 23, Mukono took an axe and
kept it in his bedroom. Around 4am the following day, Mukono armed himself with
the axe and proceeded to the kitchen where Elson was. He struck him once on the
head and left him for dead. He stole Elson’s Nokia phone and torch before
heading to the couple’s bedroom where Faina was sleeping,” said Ms Matsikidze.
She said Mukono using the axe to strike Faina to death. “He
threw the axe on the bed and ransacked the bedroom till he found the money. He
also took Faina’s cellphone, gathered his clothes and fled.
“Faina’s body was discovered by another employee that same
morning. Elson was still alive. He later died at Parirenyatwa Group of
Hospitals on June 1,” said Ms Matsikidze. Investigations were conducted,
thereby leading to Mukono’s arrest.
Post-mortem results showed that the cause of death was
severe head injuries. Manica Post
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