Married bags 18 years in jail for k!lling side chick who refused to pick up a call in his presence
A married man from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Moses Remayi, has bagged 18 years in prison for violently assaulting his side chick, leading to her death.
Remayi suspected that his side chick was cheating on him after she refused to pick up a call from an unknown number.
Remayi was having a good time with his girlfriend when a call came in on her phone and she refused to answer it.
He believed the call was from another man, sparking an argument that quickly turned violent.
Testifying in court, Remayi admitted his anger intensified when he dialled the number and a man answered.
“I dialled the number using my phone, and a man answered. This made me angry, as I suspected she was cheating on me,” Remayi told the court.
Remayi’s brutal assault on his girlfriend included beating her with a steel chair, fists, and feet. According to witnesses, he locked the door and continued the attack for nearly an hour.
A co-tenant, Evidence Denhere, testified that despite hearing the victim’s screams and attempting to intervene, Remayi refused to stop.
“No one could stop him as he had locked the door,” Denhere said.
After the attack, a neighbour, Cynthia Chaleka, found the woman severely injured and half-naked. Despite being rushed to the hospital, the victim succumbed to her injuries days later.
Remayi was arrested by the police, who recovered the iron bar used in the attack. In his defence, Remayi claimed that the violence began after his girlfriend bit him during their argument.
However, the court rejected his explanation, finding him guilty of murder.
Appearing before Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Evangelista Kabasa, Remayi was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the crime, despite pleading not guilty.
