A Chirumhanzu woman convicted of murder with actual intent after strangling her two year-old son from a previous marriage to please her new husband and in-laws, has been jailed for 10 years.
Justice Makonese said Hamandishe took a stupid decision by sacrificing her son for new love and marriage, the court had been lenient because she was an unsophisticated person who dropped out of school in Form One.
The courts are prohibited from sentencing women to death.
In her defence, Hamandishe said she wanted to please her new husband who did not want to see her child.
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