a�?Dona��t mourn my wifea��

Danisa Masuku
DONa��T mourn my wife!

Knowledge Kiwa told relatives not to mourn at his wife Daires Sibandaa��s funeral.

a�?My wife didna��t die but mental torture that was exerted on her caused her death and her spirit has to fight,a�? said the distraught Kiwa.

Sibanda committed suicide sometime between 10 and 15 September last month. Her body was found in a decomposing state by Kiwa after he had initially received a message from her that in the event that she did not return home from a Bulawayo visit, he should look for her corpse at the Machalaga mountains.

Sibanda had been waiting for sentencing in a case where she was alleged to have inserted her hand in her daughter-in-lawa��s privates.A� The victim had recently given birth and this action ruptured her stitches.

Relatives and villagers that spoke to B-Metro said not a single tear was allowed to be shed as per custom and her body was not taken to her homestead.

Instead the family took the coffin to a police base where it is believed the investigating officer of the deceaseda��s case is based.

a�?They did so because the police officer in question came more than three times and took her to the station and told her she would be jailed,a�? said a community member.

Village head Edson KiwaA� advised community members to seek counsel instead of taking irrational decisions.

Efforts to get a comment from Midlands police spokesperson Joel Goko were fruitless as his mobile phone went unanswered. .