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Three gold panners kill colleague over a prostitute
05 Nov 2013 at 14:39hrs | Views
Three illegal gold panners from Mt Darwin have appeared before the High Court for the alleged murder of a colleague over a prostitute, before throwing his body into a disused mineshaft.
Forbes Chimusoro, Gift Dzvuke and Nomore Chemambo, are facing murder charges, for allegedly assaulting Fides Namichila to death.
According to court papers, the incident took place in January last year when the trio was at Mukaradzi gold panning site where they were drinking beer.
The court heard that Namichila who was in the company of his girlfriend Memory Chikanda quarrelled with Chimusoro who had approached the girlfriend for a brief moment he had left her alone.
The girlfriend had agreed to have quality time with Chimusoro for US$5.
A dispute arose between the two, and a fight ensued.
Dzvuke and Chemambo joined in the fight, assaulting Namichila.
The court heard that Dzvuke picked an unknown object and struck Namichila on the left side of his forehead.
Namichila fell onto the ground and Chimusoro allegedly pulled out a log from the thatched roof of a nearby house and used it to assault Namichila several times all over the body.
Chemambo allegedly produced a sjambok and struck Namichila on his back several times.
The trio left Namichila lying on the ground before Chimusoro suggested that they should throw his body into a pit.
They allegedly carried his body and threw into a disused mineshaft.
Namichila's body was recovered the following morning.
The trio denied the allegations levelled against them.
Forbes Chimusoro, Gift Dzvuke and Nomore Chemambo, are facing murder charges, for allegedly assaulting Fides Namichila to death.
According to court papers, the incident took place in January last year when the trio was at Mukaradzi gold panning site where they were drinking beer.
The court heard that Namichila who was in the company of his girlfriend Memory Chikanda quarrelled with Chimusoro who had approached the girlfriend for a brief moment he had left her alone.
The girlfriend had agreed to have quality time with Chimusoro for US$5.
A dispute arose between the two, and a fight ensued.
Dzvuke and Chemambo joined in the fight, assaulting Namichila.
Namichila fell onto the ground and Chimusoro allegedly pulled out a log from the thatched roof of a nearby house and used it to assault Namichila several times all over the body.
Chemambo allegedly produced a sjambok and struck Namichila on his back several times.
The trio left Namichila lying on the ground before Chimusoro suggested that they should throw his body into a pit.
They allegedly carried his body and threw into a disused mineshaft.
Namichila's body was recovered the following morning.
The trio denied the allegations levelled against them.
Source - zbc
