Man 25, has been arrested for allegedly killing and burning
the body of his 68-year-old employer after she turned down his love proposal in
Zimbabwe .
Emmanuel Sibanda on Monday, June 26, appeared before Gweru
magistrate Mr Musaiona Shortgame on a charge of murder.
He was not asked to plead and remanded in custody to July 7
for confirmation of his warned and cautioned statement.
Sibanda was advised to apply for bail at the High Court.
Prosecuting, Mr Daniel Tapfuma told the court that on June 21,
Sibanda had a misunderstanding with his employer Mrs Jerina Chipato after she
turned down his love proposal.
“Sibanda went on to attack the
now deceased by striking her once on her head with a dry log and she fell on
the ground unconscious. The accused went on to drag the deceased into her
kitchen hut and set alight the thatched roof,” he said.
The woman was burnt to death. Sibanda then called out for
help claiming that Mrs Chipato had accidentally been burnt to death in her
kitchen hut.
He said suspicious neighbours who responded searched the
accused’s bedroom hut for some clues on what could have happened.
“The matter came to light when
the accused’s bedroom hut was searched, leading to the recovery of Sibanda’s
clothes which were stained with blood. The deceased’s cellphone was also found
hidden in his clothes,” said Mr Tapfuma.
Sibanda, in his statement, confessed to murdering his boss. He
said on the day in question, he had proposed love to Mrs Chipato and she turned
him down.
“She then asked me to go and
fetch water at night and we had a misunderstanding and I struck her with a log
on the head. I then dragged her body to her kitchen hut and lit it to cover up
the offence since it wasn’t my intention to kill her,” Sibanda said.
Source. Linda ikeji
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