A 29 year old man, Lenon Mangwiro reportedly killed his wife with a sharp object and buried her in a toilet pit within his compound.
The body was discovered a month later by neighbours who alerted the police, who then arrested him.
When he appeared before a Zimbabwean Magistrate Court, Mangwiro was advised to apply for bail at the High Court because he faces a Third Schedule Offence.
According to state papers, Mangwiro’s wife was reported missing to the police on May 22 last year by her mother Letwin Chinyan’anya.
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The court heard that Rosemary Chakurira’s body was discovered in a shallow, disused toilet pit within Mangwiro’s compound.
It was alleged that the recovered body was wrapped in a blanket and tied with wire on the neck, legs and waist.
Efforts were made to locate Mangwiro, but he was nowhere to be found until he was arrested on March 4 in Norton.
When police interviewed Mangwiro, he reportedly confessed to hitting Chakurira with a log that had nails, twice on the head, the court heard.
He told investigators that there had been a dispute over extra-marital affairs between him and his now deceased wife.
A post-mortem carried out at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals concluded that death was caused by vital trauma and skull fracture consistent with a heavy sharp object being used.
The state has lined up seven witnesses who will testify.
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