ZIMBABWE: TWO MURDERERS TO HANG

July 19, 2013: In Zimbabwe, two Murehwa men convicted of robbing and killing a fellow villager were sentenced to death by Justice Felistus Chatukuta. Stephen Rukwata (30) and Tafadzwa Kamhiripiri (age not given) of Nyazema and Nhende villages in Murehwa respectively were convicted of murder with actual intent for killing Thomas Dheka (52) on October 28, 2010. They were sentenced to death by hanging after failing to convince the court of any extenuating circumstances that would have spared them from the hangman’s noose.
The two’s primary objective had been to rob Dheka of money after they had learnt he had just sold one of his cattle and, therefore, had money on him. (Sources: newsday.co.zw, 20/07/2013)