Terrence Mawawa, Zaka| In a shocking incident that has rocked the Zaka community, a local woman brutally killed her four year old niece for bed-wetting.
Greater Zvevhu of Taruvinga Village murdered the minor,Shuvai Zvevhu on January 6 2016 by striking her all over her body with a stick for bed-wetting. Greater appeared before Masvingo High Court Judge Justice Joseph Musakwa last week facing murder charges.The charges were later changed to culpable homicide. Greater began staying with the minor after taking her from her mother ,Brenda Mabika in 2014.On the fateful day she assaulted the minor for wetting her pants and bed.
Mabika then visited Greater’s homestead to take the child from Zaka to Bondolfi Mission in Masvingo, where she stays. On their way back from Zaka the minor told her mother she was not feeling well.She showed her mother visible marks on her head and back which indicated she had been brutally assaulted.
The minor died on the way to Nyajena Clinic.
In her warned and cautioned statement to the police,Greater had earlier admitted she used a stick to assault the minor.She also claimed she had no intention to inflict harm on the child. Greater was sentenced to five years in prison after the charges were changed to culpable homicide.