Murder accused prostitute set free for lack of evidence

A BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Maxwell Takuva, sitting at the Gweru High Court circuit on Thursday last week before acquitting a self confessed lady of the night who was accused of killing her boyfriend in November 2012.

Appearing before Justice Takuva, sitting with assessors Mrs Chipo Junia Baye and Mr Wellington Matemba, was Febbie Chamunorwa (27) of Ascot Infill, Gweru, facing one count of murder.

She pleaded not guilty to the charge maintaining that her boyfriend Ashton Adias Mukucha committed suicide by stabbing himself following a misunderstanding over sex.

Chamunorwa said Mukucha threatened to kill himself if she continued refusing to be intimate with him before taking a knife and stabbing himself.

Justice Takuva acquitted her at the end of the State case saying there was no evidence linking her to the commission of the crime.

Prosecutor, Mr Samuel Pedzisai, conceded that the evidence brought before the court did not discount suicide.

Mr Pedzisai told the court that on November 17, 2012, at around 6AM Chamunorwa had a dispute with Mukucha at her home in Ascot Infill, Gweru.

The court heard that she allegedly stabbed him with a kitchen knife in the abdomen killing him on the spot before proceeding to make a police report that he had killed himself.