Zimbabwe – A Bulawayo maid has been arrested after she allegedly boiled her employer’s three months-old baby.
This was apparently in revenge to her employer’s failure to pay her on time. The maid, Nokuthula Nyathi, of Emakhandeni is alleged to have boiled the infant in a container on Wednesday last week. The infant’s mother, Karen Dube, collapsed when she saw her baby in the container.
The maid was arrested a day after the gruesome murder and appeared before Western Commonage magistrate, Mr Richard Ramaboea facing murder charges. She was remanded in custody to 23 October.
Some residents said the maid and her employer had a turbulent relationship.
It is understood that the maid usually gets paid on the first day of every month but at the time of the murder, the woman’s salary was overdue by two days.
“I do not think that money was the reason for all this. Dube did not trust her because she has caught the maid stealing her belongings on several occasions. The employer tried to fire her but the maid resisted. So I think that might be the major reason behind the cruel deed,” said the source.
It is reported that on the day in question, Nyathi asked Dube to give her her salary. The employer said she did not have the money and promised to get it by the end of the week and left for work thereafter.
Nyathi, however, appeared not to have believed her employer’s promise. She is alleged to have taken the three-month old baby and put it in a container and boiled the infant on a stove.
The maid then took her belongings and left. On her return in the evening, Dube found her baby still in the container and was so shocked that she fell unconscious. The woman was discovered by a neighbour lying on the floor.
An ambulance was called to the scene while the body of the infant was taken to a mortuary. Metro
Common sense is indeed not common.
Posted: at 16-10-2012 05:27 AM (12 years ago) | Hero
Sophyrocks at 16-10-2012 07:26 AM (12 years ago) (f)
Bt wait o. Hw wil u as d madam fire ur maid n ur maid wil resist it? Hw does dat happen? She wud hav gotten rid of d maid wen she had d chance cos dere strong reasons y dat witch of a maid must leav d house. She wud hav bn out of her house by force. Who con be d madam n who con be d maid? Or d madam doesnt hav authority ova her own house again? Imagine! Let dat witch rot n die in jail. Rubbish. Wat kind of wickednes is dis? Cuking som1's baby?
Life is damn too short to be sitting around miserable.
Posted: at 16-10-2012 07:26 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
they should boil her too, so that she feel the pain and learn some lessons when she come back in her next world. That is if there is anything like next world
Posted: at 16-10-2012 07:26 AM (12 years ago) | Hero
they should boil her too, so that she feel the pain and learn some lessons when she come back in her next world. That is if there is anything like next world
Posted: at 16-10-2012 07:29 AM (12 years ago) | Hero
chylind5 at 16-10-2012 09:41 AM (12 years ago) (f)
She is wat my Pastor calls House-Hold Witch. Suffer not the Witch 2 live. She should not be shot or hanged, she should be boiled just as she boiled dat little baby. Height of wickedness.
Posted: at 16-10-2012 09:41 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac