A woman who was charged with murder because she stabbed her husband because he had sex with a married woman in the bush has been found guilty of murder.
Precious Machiveneka was found guilty of the lesser charge by High Court judge, Justice Munamato Mutividze, who ruled that the stabbing occurred in the midst of an argument.
Mashevenika stabbed her husband, Tichona Chikunji, once in the thigh while trying to separate from him.
The state said Chikonyi was caught having sex with Fungai Nyamurenge on June 24 last year at Iron Mask’s farm in Mazowe.
Nyamurenge’s husband managed to contain his anger before telling Mashevenika, who was pregnant at the time, about the adulterous affair. Makevinica confronted him about the infidelity, which he did not deny.
I tried to commit suicide by taking paraquat. She then took Okabe’s knife with the intention of killing herself.
Chikunji chased his wife and the two struggled before he was stabbed in the thigh during the altercation.
He bled profusely until he collapsed. He was transferred to Al-Imtiaz Hospital, where he died immediately after admission.
An autopsy indicated that Chikunji died of hemorrhagic shock from the stab wound.
In her defence, Machiveneka said she had no intention of killing her husband and just wanted him to abandon her so she could commit suicide.
“This is an assault that occurred in the heat of the moment. The accused wanted to commit suicide, while the deceased was determined to prevent her from doing so.
“That she directed the stab at the deceased’s leg when she could easily have targeted more vulnerable and dangerous parts of the body demonstrates her sincerity in that she did not intend to kill him, but only to extricate herself from his grasp.” Motividze. HMetro
