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A Zimbabwean judge who was declared wanted by the police over the brutal murder of his wife has reportedly killed himself in a church.<\/p>\n
The now deceased Judge Evans Zinzombe, 36, had been on the run from the police after he allegedly killed his wife, Pholomina Mabika, 32, on Wednesday, December 7.<\/p>\n
He reportedly strangled Phelomina to death with his bare hands and went on to rape her corpse in front of their children; a 12-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old son.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Zimbabwe Republic Police is appealing for information which may lead to the arrest of Judge Evans Zinzombe (36), who is being sought in connection with a case of murder which occurred on 07th December 2022 at a house in Cowdray Park in Bulawayo.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspect allegedly sneaked into the room where his wife Pholomina Mabika (32), daughter (12) and a son (7) before strangling her to death with hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspect and his wife were reportedly having marital disputes which forced them to sleep in separate rooms.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter the callous murder, the suspect allegedly went on to sexually abuse the body in full view of his children.<\/p>\n
A police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi who declared the Judge wanted said; \u201cThe children spent the whole night with the body before a police report was made in the morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Zimbabwe Republic Police warns the public against resorting to violence in resolving domestic disputes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe police will ensure that the law takes its course on suspects involved in violent crimes such as murder and armed robbery.\u201d<\/p>\n
Judge Evans Zinzombe\u2019s body was thereafter discovered hanging from the roof of a church in Bulawayo\u2019s Cowdray Park suburb.<\/p>\n
Confirming his death, the police said in a statement;<\/p>\n
\u201cHis body was found hanging from a metal roof truss at a local church in Cowdray Park.\u201d<\/p>\n
The police are also treating his death as suicide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Zimbabwean judge who was declared wanted by the police over the brutal murder of his wife has reportedly killed himself in a church. The now deceased Judge Evans Zinzombe, 36, had been on the run from the police after he allegedly killed his wife, Pholomina Mabika, 32, on Wednesday, December 7. He reportedly strangled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1264779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3888],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1264778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1264778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1264778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1264778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1264778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}