Wife sentenced to 27 years for husband’s murder

BRIDGET Makaza, the wife of the late Kurai Bus company owner McCloud Zvavovaviri Mapanga, has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for murdering her husband.

Justice Emilia Muchawa handed down the sentence last week after a full trial, dismissing Makaza’s claims of accidental shooting and a history of abuse as an attempt to evade responsibility.

The court found that in the early hours of May 14, 2018, Makaza fatally shot her sleeping husband three times on the shoulders and neck using a .

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