BUTCHER OF MUFAKOSE WAS ON THE POLICE WANTED LIST
This followed his attack on his girlfriend over a US$5 dispute He slit the throat of the five-year boy he killed in cold blood He then stabbed the sister on the throat, she managed to flee
THE Butcher of Mufakose, Thomas Nyamhunga, was on the police wanted list for assaulting his girlfriend, Needmore Mauka, after a row over US$5.
Mauka reported the case in October.
Yesterday, Nyamhunga was remanded in custody to December 20 on murder, attempted murder and domestic violence charges after he killed Mauka’s five-yearold son on Sunday night.
He appeared at the Mbare Magistrate Court following his arrest in Waterfalls on Tuesday morning.
Nyamhunga, an employee of Koala Meats in Chitungwiza, appeared before Mbare magistrate Batanai Madzingira, who referred him to the High Court for bail application.
It was established that Nyamhunga was on the police’s wanted list for a matter reported by Mauka in October.
Nyamhunga is accused of domestic violence after he went to Mauka’s house demanding his
US$5 from her.
Maunga told him that she was going to give him back the money on a later date.
This did not go down well with Nyamhunga who assaulted her.
She reported the case to the police.
The State case suggests a relationship between the two which appears to have gone off the rails leading to tension.
It all exploded on Sunday night when Nyamhunga killed one of Mauka’s children, by using a knife to stab him on the neck, before attempting to kill the deceased’s sister.
Prosecutor Fidelis Chiherenge said on Sunday, at around 7pm, Nyamhunga went Mauka’s house in Mufakose where he found her three children aged five, eight and 12 years alone.
Nyamhunga called Mauka to inquire about her whereabouts.
He was told she was returning from watching the Chibuku Super Cup final between Dynamos and Ngezi Platinum Stars in Mhondoro.
An argument ensued over the phone.
The State said Nyamhunga instructed two of the girls to sleep on the floor while he, and the fiveyear-old boy, slept on the bed.
At around 8.30pm, Nyamhunga took a kitchen knife and slit the boy’s throat leading, to his death.
The State said Nyamhunga then stabbed the eight-year-old girl on the throat, but the girl’s screams made him panic.
The girl sustained a deep cut and ran to a neighbour’s house, while Nyamhunga fled the scene.
The neighbour called Maunga informing her about the murder and attempted murder of her kids.
A MAN from Chitungwiza defrauded Econet of three iPhones by switching his CABS debit card chip to a South African FNB Visa card.
The State said on October 11, Clevers Manhombo (40), allegedly conspired with three others to remove the chip from the CABS bank card, and implant it on the FNB Visa card.
They then used the card to purchase two iPhone 14s at Avondale Econet Shop, claiming the debit card was a genuine Visa card.
Both gadgets were valued at US$3 150.
On the same day, they bought another iPhone 14 for US$1 575 at Chisipite Econet Shop before fraudulently acquiring a Samsung A33 valued at US$435 at Econet Herbert Chitepo.
Econet suffered an actual loss of US$5 291. Manhombo was linked to the crime by a witness and CCTV footage.
He once approached the witness requesting for a CABS bank card, and was also positively identified through CCTV footage.
He appeared before Harare magistrate, Apolonia Marutya, who deferred his bail application to today.
Meanwhile, a local graphic designer fraudulently deleted his former employer’s business partner’s profile from the company, replacing it with his own information
Nicholas Mwamuka (41) allegedly replaced Durban July Power Systems’ profile with his own company Online Electrical Engineering (Pvt) Ltd details.
He used the same profile to misrepresent to his clients that he was tax compliant and used Durban July Power Systems’ BPN number claiming it as his own. Mwamuka was fired from the same company in September 2023, but had changed the profile in July.
He was remanded to tomorrow for bail application.