The ManicaPost
Tanyaradzwa Nyahoda
Post Reporter
A 14-YEAR-OLD girl at Mutare Farm Prison committed suicide after her parents had reprimanded her and confiscated her cellphone recently.
Kupakwashe Wakatama allegedly took her own life after her parents barred her from using her cellphone.
“Kupakwashe got a phone at an early age and was so much excited about it that she would not do any domestic chores. We suspect that she killed herself because we had temporarily taken her phone in a bid to make her do some chores,” said her father, Mr Ignitious Wakatama.
Mr Wakatama added: “Kupakwashe woke up early last Saturday morning and went to play with her phone without doing any chores at home. At 8am, we could not locate her. She later came back.
“When she came back, her mother disciplined her and took away the cellphone. Everything appeared normal and she even escorted her mother on her way to Sakubva. However, she did not return home,” said Mr Wakatama.
Kupakwashe’s body was later found hanging from a tree at Mutare Farm Prison around midday.
