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Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent
A SELF-PROCLAIMED prophetess and her brother removed a corpse from its coffin, stripped it naked, poured salt water into its mouth and massaged it with warm water.
This was heard when the two appeared in court for violating a corpse after telling the deceased’s relatives that they had been sent by God to resurrect her.
Harupere Kamudzi (37) and her brother Godknows (32) appeared before Mbare magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje.
In their joint defence outline, the pair is denying the charge.
Harupere said she did not violate the corpse as what she did was harmless.
Godknows, in his defence, told the court that he was arrested simply because he was present on the day in question.
Mr Mambanje deferred the matter to June 6 for trial continuation.
Allegations are that on April 15 at around 4pm, Mildon Ndidzo (51) and his relatives were gathered at their house in Waterfalls, Harare, mourning his sister who had died on April 11.
The court heard that Harupere and Godknows arrived at the funeral.
It is alleged that Harupere told the people who were gathered there that the deceased was not actually dead and she had been sent by God to awaken her from her sleep.
Prosecutor Mr Richard Makondo alleged that Harupere was assisted by Godknows to lift the deceased’s body from the coffin and undressed the corpse.
The court heard that the duo placed the naked body on the floor and said the deceased would wake up as she had only been affected by cold at the mortuary.
It is the State’s case that Harupere started shaking the head of the corpse, pouring the salt water solution into its mouth and massaging it with warm water.
The matter was reported to the police, leading to the pair’s arrest.
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