Regional magistrate Fadzai Mtombeni, sentenced Chikomba prophetess Maud Dzvuke and her accomplice Jane Ruvinga to a five-year jail term each for drowning six children during a baptism ceremony conducted in Mutorahuku stream under headman Mutengwa’s area in June this year.
The pair was, however, spared an effective prison term when Mtombeni suspended the whole sentence on condition they perform community service at a nearby school in Sadza. Nicholas Mabvongodze was prosecuting.
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