Zim Now Writer
An 18-year-old maid, Nyaradzo Gosha was sentenced to three years in prison by regional magistrate Letwin Rwodzi after admitting to trying to poison her employer and pleading guilty to attempted murder.
Gosha admitted to poisoning Konai Muzhangiri’s food with rat poison and was given a four-year sentence.
Magistrate Rwodzi suspended one year on condition that she does not commit a related crime for the next five years.
Gosha was a minor when the offence was committed, but according to Magistrate Rwodzi, she was treated as an adult when she appeared in court.
“She endangered the complainant’s family yet she had an option to leave. The offence was well planned and her moral blameworthiness was high.
“The court will give a short and sharp sentence that will deter the accused from committing such an offence,” magistrate Rwodzi said.
The court heard that on April 28, Gosha approached their neighbour, Thandiwe Mandibaya, at Glen Norah Police Camp and told her that she was not in good books with Muzhangiri.
She said Muzhangiri had delayed paying her wages and also claimed that she was being denied food.
Mandibaya advised Gosha to poison Muzhangiri.
Gosha laced various foodstuffs, which included juice, yeast, oats, spices and fenugreek seeds with rat poison in an attempt to kill her employer and her five-year-old child.
When Muzhangiri returned home, she took the juice and smelt the rat poison. She suspected that Gosha had laced the juice and took it to the police.
Upon interrogation, Gosha confessed to the offence and indicated that she had been advised by Mandibaya.
A food scientist conducted tests and confirmed that the food had been laced with rat poison.
Gosha said she did not intend to kill anyone after she was asked what she would have done if Muzhangiri and her son had died.
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