The police have closed their net on a man who sliced his lover with a machete after she had moved on.
Police arrested Tafadzwa Mazandu Charara of Kadolo Village, Shurugwi, on Thursday last week after a four day manhunt following the callous murder.
Charara allegedly struck Siluzile Mupandawana with a machete on the forehead on October 29 at Lifa bar, Mambowa business centre in Shurugwi.
Charara last Friday appeared before Shurugwi magistrate Mr Musaiwona Shotgame facing one count of murder. He was not asked to plead and was remanded in custody to November 17.
Mr Shotgame advised him to apply for bail at the High Court.
The court heard that Mupandawana had chased Charara out of their lodgings allegedly because he was refusing to pay rentals. She was now living with another boyfriend and this angered Charara.
He allegedly ambushed Mupandawana outside Lifa bar and fatally struck her with a machete on the forehead.
Ms Bertha Bore appeared for the state.
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