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High Court Judge, Justice Munamato Mutevedzi last Friday handed a Shurugwi man two life prison sentences for the heinous crimes of murdering two girlfriends in separate incidents targeting their vehicles and money.
The perpetrator Emmanuel Mahembe callously disposed of the bodies, burying one in a riverbed and dumping the other in a disused mine shaft.
Mahembe appeared before Justice Mutevedzi who was sitting at the Gweru High Court circuit facing two counts of murder.
He pleaded not guilty to murder but was convicted after a full trial of murder with actual intent.
The State proved that sometime between August 2021 and September 2022, Mahembe met Patricia Mutero and proposed love to her.
Mutero and Mahembe became romantically involved. Mahembe was in the relationship for financial gains.
In September 2022 the two were at Donga Business Center, Shurugwi and Mahembe drove Mutero’s motor vehicle, a Honda fit to Dhanga Dip Tank where he murdered her, wrapped the body in a blanket and buried it along Gwamamvura riverbed before driving off in her motor vehicle.
He later sold the motor vehicle. In 2021, Mahembe met Idah Chigumbete and proposed love to her.
The two became romantically involved and on May 22, 2021, the two drove to the home of Chigumbate’s sister in Shurugwi.
Along the way, the two had a misunderstanding over money. The argument escalated and Mahembe murdered Chigumbete and dumped the body in a disused mine shaft at Mutevekwi Bridge.
After killing Chigumbete, Mahembe started using the deceased’s EcoCash account and diverted the money to his personal use.
He continued driving around Chigumbete’s Honda Fit. The murder came to light when Chigumbete’s relatives became suspicious and alerted Police leading to the arrest of the accused person.
Mahembe got a life sentence for each case.
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