ZIMBABWE: RITUAL MURDERER TO HANG
Justice Tendai Uchena of High Court in Zimbabwe sentenced a Karoi man,
Justice Tendai Uchena of High Court in Zimbabwe sentenced a Karoi man, Bigknows Wairos, to death for killing his son in a suspected ritual murder.
Justice Uchena, who was sitting with two assessors, ruled he had found no extenuating circumstances to save Wairos from the hangman’s noose considering the manner in which he murdered his son Ronald, 9.
Musekiwa Mbanje represented the state and Wairos was convicted of murder with actual intent.
The incident occurred on June 12, 2007.
Justice Uchena, who was sitting with two assessors, ruled he had found no extenuating circumstances to save Wairos from the hangman’s noose considering the manner in which he murdered his son Ronald, 9.
Musekiwa Mbanje represented the state and Wairos was convicted of murder with actual intent.
The incident occurred on June 12, 2007.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: News Day, 16/02/2011)