A 37-year-old man allegedly killed his 32-year-old girlfriend by drowning her in a sewage stream on New Year’s Day over an undisclosed misunderstanding.
The man, Josphat Sibanda, allegedly killed his girlfriend, Constance Chitete, on 1 January at around 5am.
He allegedly held her by the neck and immersed her in sewer water for minutes and did that several times until she died.
Sibanda appeared at the Western Commonage Magistrate’s Court before Mr Shepherd Munjanja and was remanded in custody to 19 January.
He was advised to apply for bail at the High Court.
