ATTENDING a church Christmas party proved costly for a Glen View woman, who was stabbed and killed by her husband following an argument that emanated from the wife’s visit to the church.
The incident, which led to Tinashe Badza killing Sarudzai Wendy Chinouya in cold blood, occurred on December 7 last year.
Badza, whose trial date has not yet been set by the Prosecutor-General’s Office, has since filed an application for bail pending trial at the High Court and the matter is set to be heard today.
According to court papers, on the day in question, Chinouya got home at around 5:30pm and found Badza waiting for her and immediately he confronted his wife, asking where she had been and what she had been doing.
“Accused (Badza) enquired from the now-deceased (Chinouya) where she was coming from and when he was told that she was coming from a church Christmas party, which she had earlier advised him of, an argument ensued between the parties,” the court papers read.
“Accused then armed himself with a kitchen knife and was threatening now-deceased with death. Accused stabbed now-deceased once on the left side of the chest with a kitchen knife, which he later hid in between the pre-cast security wall and the gate.”
The State alleges Chinouya tried to flee for her life, but she failed and fell at the gate and was found lying in a pool of blood by Cleopatra Mutusva, who had earlier been sent on an errand by Badza.
When Mutusva enquired from Chinouya on what had happened, she was told Badza had stabbed her in the chest.
Arrangements were made for Chinouya to be taken to a clinic, but she later succumbed to the stab wound, leading to Badza’s arrest.
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