Times Of Swaziland: SOLDIER ‘HIRED HIT MAN TO KILL WIFE’

SOLDIER ‘HIRED HIT MAN TO KILL WIFE’
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 BY ANDILE NSIBANDE on 08/05/2019 01:18:00


NHLANGANO – The soldier accused of killing his wife is said to have solicited
the services of a hit man to carry out the murder.
Menzi Mavimbela (31) was last week arrested for the murder of his wife, Zinhle
Mndzebele (35), who was employed as a wardress by His Majesty’s Correctional
Services.
The woman was found hanging inside her house around KaPhunga last Monday, in
what at first appeared like a suicide.
The husband’s confession to the murder came after investigators decided to
take a fresh look into the ‘alleged suicide’. This was apparently after
bruises were discovered on the dead woman’s head.
As the investigation continued, the woman’s husband was initially considered
as a suspect.
This eventually led into police officers interviewing the man in relation to the
murder he was suspected of committing.
Confessed
During the interrogation, he reportedly came out clean about the whole thing and
confessed to arranging the murder. He apparently told investigators that he
decided to kill his ‘unforgiving wife’ after she kept pestering him about a
child he got out of wedlock.
He mentioned that the issue of the child greatly affected his marriage with his
wife. He alleged that as a result, the woman began cheating on him.
“I got wind that my wife, alongside her new lover, was planning to kill me.
So, I decided to act first,” the man is said to have told investigators.
Acting on the alleged tip-off, the suspect said he approached a certain man, who
suggested a hit man to do the dirty job.
Not only did he say he met the hit man but he went further to give him every
detail about his wife’s movements.
The murder was eventually committed on a Sunday, two weeks ago, where the hit
man made it to appear like a suicide. A rope was used to hang the woman’s body
inside her house. However, during the attack she initially fell and hit the
ground with her head, sustaining injuries in the process.
These are the same injuries that led to police becoming suspicious about her
purported suicide. An autopsy was conducted on the woman’s body and the
outcome resulted in the investigation taking a new direction altogether.
The victim’s husband, Mavimbela, was eventually arrested alongside the alleged
hit man.
Discovered
Both men have already made a brief appearance at the Nhlangano Magistrates
Court, where they also made separate confessions before a judicial officer.
It is understood that the victim’s body was discovered by a neighbour.