Source: ‘Hit man’ claims hubby was to fund operation – DailyNews Live
Tarisai Machakaire 6 June 2017
HARARE – The trial of a Harare woman who allegedly hired a hit man to
murder her lover’s wife continued yesterday with the suspected contract
killer revealing that the husband was supposed to fund the operation.
Judith Makwara is answering to charges of conspiracy to commit murder
before Harare regional magistrate Temba Kuwanda.
The complainant is Charity Muzorewa, Lovejoy Tirivepi’s wife and the two
are pastors at Lead Ministry International.
When the trial commenced yesterday, Clover Musariri – a karate trainer –
narrated how he was introduced to Makwara by one of his former students
Keith Vera before being briefed about the mission.
“When I met the accused person, she told me that she wanted Charity beaten
to death and her driver Tinashe would not be killed but thoroughly beaten
because he was spreading rumours about her affairs,” Musariri said.
“She offered $2 000 and said she wanted to call (pastor) Lovejoy in
America to request for the money.
“The accused person told him that she had finally found a person who could
beat Charity to death hence needed to make payment.
“Lovejoy responded that he was having challenges to access the money and
that was when Makwara said she could give me $1 000 and settle the balance
after the assassination. I left her car at that moment and told her that I
was not going to take up the task because we were not taught to kill in
karate.”
Musariri was blasted by Makwara’s lawyer Rungano Mahuni for fabricating
the evidence after he continuously changed statements in court.
Prosecutor Chipo Matambo alleged that on April 14 around 12pm, Muzorewa
received a phone call from Musariri who informed her that he had been
assigned by Makwara to kill her.
It was alleged that Musariri then requested to meet with Muzorewa but she
refused fearing for her life and filed a police report the following day
relying on the phone call she had received.
Muzorewa states that she became aware that Makwara was having an
adulterous affair with her husband and believed that to be the motive
behind the murder plot.
It is further stated that Muzorewa fears that since the first murder plot
failed, Makwara may find new hit men that are not as moral as Musariri to
kill her.
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