The incident occurred in the wee hours of April 3, at Farm
254, Zviyambe, when Petros Muchaziwepi (34) caught Garikai Jimu (46) of
Tagarira Village in-between the sheets with his grandmother, Margret
Machingura.
Muchaziwepi, his wife Matilda Dzehonye (27) and Machingura,
all of Farm 254, have since been arrested for contravening Section 47 (1) of
the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act, Chapter 9:23.
Machingura and Matilda were arrested as accomplices as they
did not participate in the murder, but only assisted in carrying and dumping
the corpse in the well at Farm Number 253.
The trio appeared before Murambinda magistrate, Mr Poterai
Gwezhira, last Friday and were remanded in custody to April 21.
Mr Gwezhira advised them to apply for bail at the High
Court since they are facing a scheduled offence.
The three, who were not asked to plead to the charges, have
since been transferred to Rusape Remand Prison.
They will appear at Rusape Magistrates’ Court for routine
remand.
Mr Kudakwashe Chirairo prosecuted.
Mr Chirairo said on April 2 at around 1400 hours,
Machingura met Jimu at a local watering hole and started drinking with him.
The elderly woman and her lover then agreed to spend the
night at her place.
It is alleged that the lovebirds left for Machingura’s
place in the afternoon, and allegedly made love thrice along the way.
Upon arrival at Machingura’s place, the two allegedly
prepared a meal and ate before retiring to bed.
On April 3 at around 3am, Muchazivepi, who resides with his
grandmother at the same place, got home and went into his bedroom.
He was allegedly tipped by his wife, Dzehonye, that
Machingura was with Jimu in her bedroom.
“Muchazivepi went to his grandmother’s bedroom to
investigate and found the two sleeping. In a fit of rage, Muchazivepi attacked
Jimu using clinched fists, booted feet and an unknown object, thereby forcing
Jimu to bolt out of the bedroom.
“Jimu tried to run away, but Muchazivepi gave chase. When
Jimu was caught, he was tripped to the ground. He tried to get up, but was
kicked once on the left rib cage and was hit several times all over the body.
He fell on the ground again and lost consciousness,” the court heard.
Mr Chirairo said Muchazivepi left the victim lying there
and went back to his bedroom.
“After a few minutes, Machingura followed her grandson and
informed him that Jimu was still lying unconscious. Muchazivepi came out of his
bedroom and dragged Jimu for 20 metres to his grandmother’s bedroom. He placed
Jimu on the bed then left his granny with the now deceased and went back to
sleep in his bedroom,” said Mr Chirairo.
He said at around 9am, Machingura informed Muchazivepi that
Jimu was dead.
“The two left the body in the bedroom until 9pm. They then
teamed up with Muchazivepi’s wife to wrap the body in a blanket and take it to
Farm 253, which is about 800 metres away. They then dumped the body into a
disused well that is 25 metres deep.
“On April 4, at around 5pm, Dzehonye informed Trust Shito
about the case. Shito then checked the well and discovered the body. He went on
to report the case at ZRP Dorowa,” he said.
The scene was attended by police from Dorowa and the CID
homicide team from Buhera.
The three accused persons were immediately arrested.
The blanket used in covering the corpse was recovered and
will be produced in court as an exhibit.
The court heard that the police officerrs need at least two weeks to complete their investigations. Manica Post
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