Chitungwiza woman jailed 9 years for killing husband
A 23-YEAR-OLD Chitungwiza woman who fatally stabbed her husband in a domestic dispute over infidelity was yesterday slapped with a nine-year prison term for culpable homicide.
By Sofia Mapuranga
Florence Shariwa, of Unit P in Seke, was convicted of causing the death of her 32-year-old husband Darlington Fereti after she stabbed him sometime in October last year accusing him of infidelity.
Presiding magistrate Estere Chivasa suspended two years of her sentence on condition of good behaviour.
It was the State’s case that on October 9 last year, Shariwa, who was customarily married to Fereti, had a heated argument with her husband over text messages appearing on his phone.
The messages, the court heard, had been sent by an unidentified woman who purported to be his girlfriend.
Prosecutor Lovet Muringwa told the court that in the ensuing melee, Fereti locked up the door and put the keys into his trouser pocket which provoked a fist-fight with his wife.
Since there was no light in the room where the two were fighting, Shariwa allegedly drew a kitchen knife and stabbed Fereti once in the chest as he tried to follow her when the door was eventually opened from outside by Justice Mutsikambesa. Fereti died on the spot and his body was taken to Chitungwiza General Hospital for a postmortem.
In her defence, Shariwa said she had acted in self-defence after her husband physically attacked her.
By Sofia Mapuranga
Florence Shariwa, of Unit P in Seke, was convicted of causing the death of her 32-year-old husband Darlington Fereti after she stabbed him sometime in October last year accusing him of infidelity.
Presiding magistrate Estere Chivasa suspended two years of her sentence on condition of good behaviour.
It was the State’s case that on October 9 last year, Shariwa, who was customarily married to Fereti, had a heated argument with her husband over text messages appearing on his phone.
The messages, the court heard, had been sent by an unidentified woman who purported to be his girlfriend.
Prosecutor Lovet Muringwa told the court that in the ensuing melee, Fereti locked up the door and put the keys into his trouser pocket which provoked a fist-fight with his wife.
Since there was no light in the room where the two were fighting, Shariwa allegedly drew a kitchen knife and stabbed Fereti once in the chest as he tried to follow her when the door was eventually opened from outside by Justice Mutsikambesa. Fereti died on the spot and his body was taken to Chitungwiza General Hospital for a postmortem.
In her defence, Shariwa said she had acted in self-defence after her husband physically attacked her.
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