Godfrey Sibanda was spared jail after the Gweru High Court ruled that he was mentally unfit. Sibanda had appeared before High Court Justice Nicolas Mathonsi facing charges of murder.
In his defence, Sibanda said, "I saw her appearing as a lion so I grabbed a knife and stabbed the lion; I then realized later that I had killed my wife."
It is the State's case that, Sibanda had a heated argument with his wife Moline Maimba (25) and he did not sleep at home that night. He then went home the next morning where he found his wife sleeping and stabbed her several times on the chest and the back. Gift Muradza their neighbour, rushed to their house when he heard Maimba screaming calling for help and found Sibanda on top of her stabbing her.
It was also confirmed that Sibanda's family had a history of mental illness since his mother was also a psychiatric patient. It is alleged that the family is possessed with an ancestral spirit. His two brothers are also mentally challenged and they have been seeking help from traditional healers for a long time.
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