A mother was arrested, charged and convicted of murder after throwing her child into a river to please her boyfriend, prosecutors in Zimbabwe said.
23-year-old Talent Bango of Gokwe, threw Tanaka Simbaza into a well, where she drowned.
The child's body was found floating in the well four days later. Now, the Bulawayo High Court sentenced Bango, to serve 21 years in prison.
According to the police investigation, Bango killed her daughter in order to please her boyfriend, who had promised to marry her if she got rid of her children.
Bango took her daughter to the well, threw her into it and went home as if nothing had happened. When asked by the residents of the village where her child was, Bango lied, saying that she is staying with relatives.
Four days later, the child was found floating in the well. Police were notified and Bango was arrested. Bango was pregnant with her second child at the time of the incident.
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