Collen Majoni
(19) who was represented by Collen Maboke of Ruvengo Maboke Legal Practitioners
was charged with murder for acting in common purpose with Sarah Kwangwa (23), a
sex worker.
The allegations
are that Kwangwa stabbed another patron, Davison Zvenherera who had groped her
thighs as she was twerking inside the night club. Initially Kwangwa tried to
hit the deceased with an empty bottle but she was restrained by Majoni.
The incident
happened on August 1, 2024, around 2:30am. Zvenherera allegedly put his hands
under Kwangwa’s skirt and groped her tights.
Majoni pleaded
not guilty and told the court that he did not give Kwangwa the knife to use it
against the deceased but she had asked for it when she was going out of the
club when it was dark. He also argued that he was not an acquaint of Kwangwa
and therefore there was no common purpose.
He pleaded
absence of knowledge and said he did not know that Kwangwa was going to use the
knife against the deceased when he gave it to her.
Kwangwa was
convicted of a lesser crime of culpable homicide and sentenced to two years in
jail and she will serve an effective year. The court concluded that Kwangwa was
intoxicated.
The matter was
before Justice Helena Charewa at the High Court in Masvingo.
Circumstances
are the trio was drinking beer separately at Legacy Night Club. Kwangwa was
twerking around 1:30am when Zvenherera approached and groped her thighs. The
two began fighting.
Majoni
intervened when Kwangwa was about to assault Zvenherera with a beer bottle.
Kwangwa and Zvenherera went outside the club and tried to resolve the impasse.
Kwangwa
approached Majoni after an hour and asked for his Okapi knife which he gave
her. She then asked Zvenherera to meet her outside the club to resolve the
impasse again and she stabbed him when they were two metres from the club.
Kwangwa
returned the blood stained knife to Majoni and informed him that she had
stabbed Zvenherera. Majoni immediately left the club and hid the knife.
The murder was
discovered on the next day leading to the arrest of Kwangwa and Majoni.
Maboke told the
court that Majoni panicked after Kwangwa told him that she had stabbed
Zvenherera and he ran home and hid the knife. Masvingo Mirror
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