Zimbabwe Woman Returns to Face Murder Charge After Years in UK.
A wife came back to face murder charges in Harare this week. Police say Bridget Makaza shot her husband in 2018 and ran away to Britain.
The court saw her on Tuesday. Judge Isheunesu Matova put her in jail until January 13. She turned herself in after six years away.
Police tell a dark story from that May night in 2018. They say Makaza shot her sleeping husband three times - twice in the neck, once in the shoulder. Her marriage had turned bad after he married another woman.
She tried to hide the truth, they say. She yelled that the robbers had done it. When people came to help, she ran. The gun ended up in the weeds near a river.
Makaza went to the police station herself. She told them robbers killed her husband, who owned a bus company called Kurai Coaches. But police found the gun. They say it proves she did it.
The first time police caught her, she paid bail and left the country. She stayed free in Britain until this week. Her choice to come back shocked many who watched this case for years.
The arrest brings fresh hope for answers about what happened that night. Many people want to know why the owner of Kurai Coaches died in his sleep and why his wife ran away for years.
A wife came back to face murder charges in Harare this week. Police say Bridget Makaza shot her husband in 2018 and ran away to Britain.
The court saw her on Tuesday. Judge Isheunesu Matova put her in jail until January 13. She turned herself in after six years away.
Police tell a dark story from that May night in 2018. They say Makaza shot her sleeping husband three times - twice in the neck, once in the shoulder. Her marriage had turned bad after he married another woman.
She tried to hide the truth, they say. She yelled that the robbers had done it. When people came to help, she ran. The gun ended up in the weeds near a river.
Makaza went to the police station herself. She told them robbers killed her husband, who owned a bus company called Kurai Coaches. But police found the gun. They say it proves she did it.
The first time police caught her, she paid bail and left the country. She stayed free in Britain until this week. Her choice to come back shocked many who watched this case for years.
The arrest brings fresh hope for answers about what happened that night. Many people want to know why the owner of Kurai Coaches died in his sleep and why his wife ran away for years.
