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Baby killer jailed 3 years

01 Jun, 2018 - 00:06 0 Views
Baby killer jailed 3 years

The ManicaPost

Luthando Mapepa Post Correspondent
A HEARTLESS 21-year old Chipinge woman who killed a newly born baby she conceived from an adulterous relationship and buried it in a garden was on Monday jailed three years
Majika Zamukudzi had an extra marital affair with her husband’s nephew, Edison Ndangana (24). Her husband works in South Africa and seldom comes home.

She got pregnant resulting in the birth of a bouncing baby girl whom she killed. After committing the crime she wrapped the body in a taxi bag and buried it in a garden situated along the Musirizwi River banks.

Zamukudzi appeared before senior Chipinge magistrate Mr Poterai Gwezhira facing infanticide charges on Monday.
She pleaded guilty to the charge.

In mitigation, she told the court that she killed her daughter in order to save her marriage.
“Your worship, I am pleading for lenience from the courts because my nephew who impregnated me convinced me to kill the baby. I also did this to save my marriage since I feared that if my husband knew about it he was going to send me back to my parents,” she said.

Of the three year jail sentence, one year was set aside on condition that she does not commit a similar offence in the next five years.

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