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Murderers who fed victim to lions jailed
02 Oct 2013 at 00:13hrs | Views
Two Karoi men escaped the hangman's noose after a High Court judge sentenced them to 25 years in prison.
They were charged with murdering a 36 year-old taxi driver before dumping his body in a lion infested game park.
The incident that sent chills within the commuting public in Mashonaland West province occurred on March 11, 2011 in the Chirundu area where the victim, Alneshto Bayeta, was based.
Tafadzwa Watson Mapfoche (21) and Thinkwell Zaranyika (22) confessed to police to killing Bayeta by throwing him down the steep slopes of the Marongora Heights after robbing him of his vehicle, a Nissan March.
On the fateful day, Bayeta was pirating in Leonard Mhundwa's vehicle when the two men hired him from Karoi to ferry them to an unknown destination.
It is alleged when they got to the Marongora Heights in the Chirundu area, Mapfoche and Zaranyika forced Bayeta out of his vehicle, killed him and dumped his body in a lion-infested game park where it was later devoured by the beasts. Efforts to recover Bayeta's body by the police in conjunction with officials from National Parks proved fruitless.
They only managed to retrieve torn pieces of his pair of brown shoes, a navy blue pair of trousers, a white shirt, belt and underwear.
The clothes were scattered in a manner consistent with a body devoured by wild animals.
According to court papers, the clothes were scattered in a manner consistent with a body devoured by wild animals.
Prosecutor Charles Manhiri appeared for the State.
They were charged with murdering a 36 year-old taxi driver before dumping his body in a lion infested game park.
The incident that sent chills within the commuting public in Mashonaland West province occurred on March 11, 2011 in the Chirundu area where the victim, Alneshto Bayeta, was based.
Tafadzwa Watson Mapfoche (21) and Thinkwell Zaranyika (22) confessed to police to killing Bayeta by throwing him down the steep slopes of the Marongora Heights after robbing him of his vehicle, a Nissan March.
On the fateful day, Bayeta was pirating in Leonard Mhundwa's vehicle when the two men hired him from Karoi to ferry them to an unknown destination.
It is alleged when they got to the Marongora Heights in the Chirundu area, Mapfoche and Zaranyika forced Bayeta out of his vehicle, killed him and dumped his body in a lion-infested game park where it was later devoured by the beasts. Efforts to recover Bayeta's body by the police in conjunction with officials from National Parks proved fruitless.
They only managed to retrieve torn pieces of his pair of brown shoes, a navy blue pair of trousers, a white shirt, belt and underwear.
The clothes were scattered in a manner consistent with a body devoured by wild animals.
According to court papers, the clothes were scattered in a manner consistent with a body devoured by wild animals.
Prosecutor Charles Manhiri appeared for the State.
Source - herald
