Online Reporter
Dalyn Chigwizura
A 30-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo woman was on Thursday brought before the courts after police allegedly caught her trying to dump a foetus in a bushy area in Entumbane suburb.
Rumbidzai Tanewe of Entumbane appeared before Western Commonage magistrate Mr Archie Wochiwunga facing charges of unlawful termination of pregnancy. She was granted US$30 bail and remanded to September 5, pending the outcome of a post-mortem report.
As part of her bail conditions, Tanewe was ordered to report once a weekly at Entumbane Police Station and not to interfere with State witnesses.
The prosecutor Ms Audrey Kufandikanwe told the court that on August 9, Tanewe, who was three months pregnant, allegedly inserted misoprostol tablets to induce abortion.
The following night, at around 2 AM, she allegedly carried the foetus to a bushy area behind Gibixhegu Beer Garden intending to dump it. Police officers on night patrol allegedly spotted her and arrested her on the spot.
She was later taken to hospital for medical examination.
