White lady attempts to commit suicide at the Harare magistrates' court

Business at the Harare magistrates' court (Rotten Row) was temporarily brought to a halt, after a 43-YEAR-OLD white lady attempted to commit suicide. Carar Gilboy had stood at the balcony of the court building when she tried to jump off from the third floor, which is about 20 metres from the ground floor. Had it not been for Thokozile Marupiya, an aid to Carar, it could have been a different story.

Members of the police had to be called as Carar was recuperating and some people could not resist the whole fiasco as they gathered to see the woman who had a close shave with death. Carar had come to court for two cases, one in which she is a complainant and the other in which she is accused of unlawful entry in aggravating circumstances. On the unlawful entry charge, Carar is jointly charged with her aid Thokozile, Garayi Nemaramba and Kudakwashe Musendami.

As Carar sat in court before her case was heard, she could be heard murmuring, "God please help me."
"Are you justice? God sent you on this earth for justice," she said in reference to the male prosecutor.
When she was finally called to the dock for her unlawful entry in aggravating circumstances case, prosecutor Francisca Mukumbiri applied for Carar's case to proceed in terms of the mental health act.
The act allows for an accused person to be remanded in custody pending mental examination by two doctors.

"Your worship the accused person's mind needs to be examined as she earlier tried to throw herself from this floor to the ground floor. "She is a danger to herself and to the community," submitted Mukumbiri. And indeed magistrate Tayengwa Chibanda took heed of the State's call and remanded Carar in custody and made an order that she had to be mentally examined before her next court appearance on December 28.

"Please I want to speak, it is my right to speak," shouted Carar. When her co-accused tried to silence her, she burst out "shut up." As she was being led to the holding cells, Carar made another scene as she pleaded to have her alleged attacker freed.

"Please don't lock up Majoni, I have looked after him and he has four children that I love," she said crying. It was however ironical as she was the complainant in the matter against Majoni. However it could not be ascertained why Carar attempted suicide but a source said what she did was not new, as she is also in the habit of cutting her hands.