A WOMAN from Chirumhanzu allegedly killed her two-year-old son from a previous marriage to please her new husband and in-laws.
after failing to take her son back to her former husband, she strangled him with a tree bark fibre.
She then went to her new husband and lied that she had returned the boy to her former husband, the court heard.
Hamandishe, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder, was remanded in custody to February 1 for sentencing.
In her defence, she said she wanted to please her new husband and his family who did not want to see her child.
The state called six witnesses who testified that Hamandishe indeed killed her son.
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