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Woman (72) fatally strikes 60-year-old woman with a stone
17 Dec 2011 at 01:00hrs | Views
A 60-year-old Beitbridge villager had her head reduced to pulp after she was fatally struck with a huge stone by another woman following an undisclosed dispute, a magistrate heard yesterday.
Beitbridge magistrate Mr Carrington Karidzagundi heard this when Thina Ndou (72) of Chikwerengwe village under Chief Matibe area in the border town appeared before him facing a charge of contravening a section of the Criminal Law (Reform and Codification) Act (murder).
Ndou was not asked to plead to the charge and was remanded in custody to 29 December.
In denying her bail, the court noted that due to the gravity of the offence committed, there was no guarantee that if given bail, Ndou would not abscond to neighbouring South Africa since she lived along the border.
The prosecutor, Mr Reason Mutimba, said on 12 December, Ndou had an undisclosed dispute.
The following day at about 11pm, she went to the now deceased's home where she found her sleeping in her bedroom hut and the door was open.
The court heard that Ndou picked a stone which had been placed near the door and struck the woman in the head. The woman died on the spot.
A report was made to the police leading to the arrest of Ndou.
The woman's body was taken to Beitbridge District Hospital mortuary.
Beitbridge magistrate Mr Carrington Karidzagundi heard this when Thina Ndou (72) of Chikwerengwe village under Chief Matibe area in the border town appeared before him facing a charge of contravening a section of the Criminal Law (Reform and Codification) Act (murder).
Ndou was not asked to plead to the charge and was remanded in custody to 29 December.
In denying her bail, the court noted that due to the gravity of the offence committed, there was no guarantee that if given bail, Ndou would not abscond to neighbouring South Africa since she lived along the border.
The prosecutor, Mr Reason Mutimba, said on 12 December, Ndou had an undisclosed dispute.
The following day at about 11pm, she went to the now deceased's home where she found her sleeping in her bedroom hut and the door was open.
The court heard that Ndou picked a stone which had been placed near the door and struck the woman in the head. The woman died on the spot.
A report was made to the police leading to the arrest of Ndou.
The woman's body was taken to Beitbridge District Hospital mortuary.
Source - Chronicle
