Zimbabwe: Two Jailed for 'Stealing' Corpse

19 February 2013

TWO brothers have been jailed for seven months for demanding US$500 from their brother-in-law as payment for taking care of his son who had died. Benjamin and Bernard Mukundu went on to physically assault their brother-in-law and his father Kingston Madziva after they had refused to pay the money.

Using force, the two brothers snatched Mr Madziva's car keys, driver's licence, US$300 cash and the coffin carrying the deceased.

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