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Man stabs wife to death, burns body
08 Mar 2014 at 12:19hrs | Views
AN ENRAGED Bulawayo man stabbed his wife to death and burnt her body using an unknown flammable substance after the two had a domestic dispute.
Jonathan Manguyana, 31, of Romney Park in Bulawayo now faces a murder charge following the death of his wife, Fortune Nyarai Manyengavana, 27, in December 2012.
However, his trial failed to start this week because it was suspected that he may be having mental health problems.
Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Nokuthula Moyo on Thursday, ordered that Manguyana be examined by two psychiatric doctors in terms of the country's Mental Health Act.
Prosecutors say Manguyana, after burning the body beyond recognition a few hundred metres behind their home, went on to raise alarm at the local police station claiming his wife had eloped with another man and was missing.
The man also told his children and maid that Manyengavana had eloped after he caught her with another man at their gate.
Police investigators later established that he had lied and arrested him
Witnesses told police investigators that the couple would always fight, with the woman beating her husband and chasing him away from their rented house.
The couple operated a flea market at the popular Unity Village in Bulawayo.
Prosecuting, Nokuthaba Ngwenya said Manguyana and Manyengavana had a dispute while at their house and the woman fled to a neighbour's place.
The husband gave chase, picked a brick and hit Manyengavana on the leg before allegedly stabbing her several times using an unknown object, causing her death.
Manguyana then dragged the body to a nearby bush where he set it alight.
Prosecutors say police were called by neighbours who had seen traces of blood in front of their houses leading to the bush.
Jonathan Manguyana, 31, of Romney Park in Bulawayo now faces a murder charge following the death of his wife, Fortune Nyarai Manyengavana, 27, in December 2012.
However, his trial failed to start this week because it was suspected that he may be having mental health problems.
Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Nokuthula Moyo on Thursday, ordered that Manguyana be examined by two psychiatric doctors in terms of the country's Mental Health Act.
Prosecutors say Manguyana, after burning the body beyond recognition a few hundred metres behind their home, went on to raise alarm at the local police station claiming his wife had eloped with another man and was missing.
The man also told his children and maid that Manyengavana had eloped after he caught her with another man at their gate.
Police investigators later established that he had lied and arrested him
Witnesses told police investigators that the couple would always fight, with the woman beating her husband and chasing him away from their rented house.
The couple operated a flea market at the popular Unity Village in Bulawayo.
Prosecuting, Nokuthaba Ngwenya said Manguyana and Manyengavana had a dispute while at their house and the woman fled to a neighbour's place.
The husband gave chase, picked a brick and hit Manyengavana on the leg before allegedly stabbing her several times using an unknown object, causing her death.
Manguyana then dragged the body to a nearby bush where he set it alight.
Prosecutors say police were called by neighbours who had seen traces of blood in front of their houses leading to the bush.
Source - newzim
