04 March 2022
Lindie Dube
A 3 year old minor has died at the mercy of her step mother.
Nothando Mpofu from Bulawayo’s western Nketa 8 suburb had a tendency of battering the minor.
On the fateful day Mpofu severely beat her step daughter with a wooden cooking spoon.
The incident happened on the 2nd of March at around 5pm.
It is said the victim who cannot be named for legal reasons started vomiting after eating sadza with milk.
The stepmother informed her landlord and neighbors that the child was not feeling well, and an ambulance was called.
The victim was pronounced dead at the arrival of the ambulance, and the police where informed.
An audio circulating says the mother who showed little or no remorse at all after beating the Child said she was not afraid of being jailed.
Seemingly the beatings were a norm as it not was the first time the accused had used a cooking wooden utensil to abuse the child.
After thorough interrogations and examinations of the body, multiple injuries were discovered on the minor some fresh and old scars.
Mpofu confessed to abusing the child for some time now. She confirmed that on different occasions she used kitchen utensils and electrical cables to assult the innocent child.
Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the death.
“We have arrested Nothando Mpofu a female aged 27 years from Nketa suburbs in connection with murder.
She is the stepmother of the now deceased minor.”
The accused will appear in court soon, meanwhile she is helping the police with further investigations.
Ast. lnspector Ncube urged all women to consider the safety of their children before leaving them at the mercy of the would be stepmothers who would be contiously abusing them in their absence.
It is disappointing that some neighbours witnessed the abuse but failed to alert the authorities on time.
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