A WOMAN who killed a newborn baby that she had from an extra-marital affair to escape her husband's wrath, has been sentenced to two years in prison.
Blondie Moyo gave birth to a baby boy while she was alone at her homestead in Nopemano Village in Bulilima District.
She dumped the child in a Blair toilet and told her relatives that she had given birth to a stillborn baby.
Her aunt discovered the baby, who was still alive on the following day.
The baby died three days later while admitted to Plumtree District Hospital.
Moyo who is a mother of three other children, told the court that she decided to kill her new baby as he was born out of the wedlock.
She was sentenced to two years in prison.
- Chronicle
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