Man Kills Wife After She Found Used Condom In His Pocket (photos)

A woman of 24-year-old Chitungwiza was on
Saturday allegedly beaten to death by her
husband following an altercation over a used
condom she had found in his pockets while
doing laundry.

Police confirmed the incident yesterday and
said investigations were underway.
Police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Paul
Nyathi expressed concern over the increase in
crimes of passion.

"The Zimbabwe Republic Police is investigating
a case of suspected murder in which a 24-
year-old female was found dead in her house in
Chitungwiza

"On 11 February 2017 at around 0100 hours,
the now deceased had a quarrel with her 34-
year-old husband over a used condom that she
had found in one of her husband's pockets
while doing laundry," she said.
Chief Supt Nyathi said on Sunday at around
8am, the informant who is the husband's
sister-in-law, and had heard the quarrel, went
to investigate in the woman's house after
being attracted by an unpleasant smell.

"She opened the door and found the body
under the bed facing downwards with a string
around the neck, a swollen face and blood
coming out of the mouth," she said.

A report was then made to the police and the
body was taken to a hospital mortuary for a
post-mortem.

"The Zimbabwe Republic Police are disturbed
that crimes of passion continue to rise in spite
of our efforts to urge people to seek a third
person for assistance, to settle down
misunderstandings.

"We will, however, continue to emphasise that
couples should not try to resolve such disputes
on their own as in most cases, they end up
worsening the situation," Chief Supt Nyathi
said.

The latest incident comes after at least 46
people were murdered in various parts of the
country since the beginning of the year, with
some of the cases due to crimes of passion
and armed robberies.

This comes as the force and its counterparts
in the region recently conducted research to
analyse the nature and extent of murder
crimes.

Of the 46 killed, 40 were murdered in January
alone, while the other six were killed this
month.

Police chief spokesperson Senior Assistant
Commissioner Charity Charamba said the force
was concerned with the murder cases.

She said a joint study conducted by Sadc
countries to analyse the nature and extent of
crimes of passion in the region indicated that
in general; the majority of passion killing occur
between a husband and wife.
Passion killing cases are as a result of
infidelity, jealous, poverty, unequal power
relations, drug abuse and cultural beliefs.

The 31-35 year age group was the most
prominent in passion killing, with most
perpetrators being men.