Man in court for murdering wife with axe
Published: 2013 February 20 09:09:34 (3076 Views)
Vincent Dube of Ratanyana Village, Matobo, Zimbabwe, who has been on the run for the past 12 years has finally been arrested.
Dube who was 27 at the time, allegedly struck his wife Memory Nobukhosi Ndlovu, who was aged 19 twice on the head with an axe leading to her death because he suspected that she was having an affair with a local teacher, Mr David Nunu.
The accused was arraigned before Bulawayo magistrate Mr Takundwa Witness Mtetwa on Monday to answer to a charge of murder.
Dube was not formally charged with the offence and was remanded in custody.
It is alleged that Dube and Ndlovu had been customarily married for a month when the incident occurred on 2 October 2001.
The court heard that Dube started suspecting that his wife was cheating on him when the teacher sent a pupil from the school with a message that Ndlovu should visit him at the school.
A misunderstanding ensued between Dube and his wife until an uncle intervened.
On 2 October 2001, the court heard that Mr Nunu again sent a pupil to Ndlovu, but the pupil could not locate her.
The pupil went to look for her at a nearby field where she found Dube erecting a fence.
An enraged Dube allegedly picked up an axe and went to look for Ndlovu to find out why the teacher was always looking for her.
It is alleged that he slapped her with an open hand once across the face before striking her twice at the back of the head with the axe.
Ndlovu fell to the ground and died on the spot and Dube left the scene leaving the axe still stuck on the head.
Ndlovu's body was taken to the United Bulawayo Hospitals for postmortem.
The court heard that Dube fled from his homestead to an unknown destination.
- Chronicle
Dube who was 27 at the time, allegedly struck his wife Memory Nobukhosi Ndlovu, who was aged 19 twice on the head with an axe leading to her death because he suspected that she was having an affair with a local teacher, Mr David Nunu.
The accused was arraigned before Bulawayo magistrate Mr Takundwa Witness Mtetwa on Monday to answer to a charge of murder.
Dube was not formally charged with the offence and was remanded in custody.
It is alleged that Dube and Ndlovu had been customarily married for a month when the incident occurred on 2 October 2001.
The court heard that Dube started suspecting that his wife was cheating on him when the teacher sent a pupil from the school with a message that Ndlovu should visit him at the school.
A misunderstanding ensued between Dube and his wife until an uncle intervened.
On 2 October 2001, the court heard that Mr Nunu again sent a pupil to Ndlovu, but the pupil could not locate her.
The pupil went to look for her at a nearby field where she found Dube erecting a fence.
An enraged Dube allegedly picked up an axe and went to look for Ndlovu to find out why the teacher was always looking for her.
It is alleged that he slapped her with an open hand once across the face before striking her twice at the back of the head with the axe.
Ndlovu fell to the ground and died on the spot and Dube left the scene leaving the axe still stuck on the head.
Ndlovu's body was taken to the United Bulawayo Hospitals for postmortem.
The court heard that Dube fled from his homestead to an unknown destination.
- Chronicle
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