By Own Correspondent| A 22 year old self-proclaimed prophet Tawanda Vhuso of Epworth has been hauled before the courts, after a ritual to cleanse a couple of a sexually transmitted infection (STI) went horribly wrong.

The State alleged that the woman, Fungai Funganayi (23), died during the ritual when Vhuso used a concoction which included Sea Salt and Water.

The husband, Tinashe Muraiwa, who also took the same concoction is in critical condition and is battling for his life in a local hospital.

The prosecution told the court that the couple had been struggling with an undisclosed STI for the past year and had resorted to seeking spiritual help in a bid to solve the problem.

Vhuso was charged with culpable homicide and appeared before Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba. However, Vhuso denied administering any concoction to the couple and claimed that he had only given the couple medication, which they had bought for themselves.

Said Vhuso:

I only gave them to drink. They brought the medication and I don’t know where they bought it.

Magistrate Mashamba granted the self-proclaimed prophet $50 bail and remanded him to the 11th of January for trial.-StateMedia