A former detective who went crazy and shot four people dead has told a judge that ghosts made him do it.
Jason Muvevi claimed that ghosts were “tormenting” him and forced him to go to a church temple with his mother.
He then ordered him to shoot local “prophet” Crispen Kanerusine, 62, with his pistol, the High Court in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare heard.
He allegedly killed local police inspector Maxwell Hove, barman Munashe Mazani and another man named Nyirai Round, as well as injuring four other people.
Muvevi, 42, who was married to three women in different cities at the same time and had seven children, later fled to Mozambique.
Defense lawyer Jackie Sande said he was apparently “fixed”.
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He further said: “The state witnesses admit that on the date of commission of the offence, the accused was restless and was haunted by ghosts.
“The accused man, without any conscience, kicked the bodies of his victims, especially the body of the officer he shot.”
Muvevi has denied murder. The lawsuit is ongoing.
Goblins often cause problems in Zimbabwe, but they are said to be invisible to everyone except the person they attack.
Naked female ghosts once chased frightened policemen in the Matabeleland town of Bulalima.
And screaming schoolgirls fled a high school in Bulawayo after their class was attacked by dwarf ghosts who turned into baboons.
A woman named Privilege Jozi described how she suffered four consecutive miscarriages after “unknowingly” marrying a ghost, while Nyasha Tyrwa and her husband both claimed they were forced to marry a ghost.
A sad Nyasha lamented: “My husband and I can’t do Lula-Lula together anymore.”
Loveness Nota, 41, attributed a terrible curse to the fact that three of her husbands died while the other two abandoned her.
She complained: “Men are afraid to approach me now.
“Many young girls are dying in homes where ghosts are active. Women are sexually exploited by invisible men. We need immediate help.”
Goblin interference was also suspected when Custom Mutinhima, the chief of Mutinhima village in eastern Zimbabwe, suddenly collapsed and died.
Other relatives accused her brother Aaron of possessing “mubobobo”, a special charm that enabled him to have “spiritual sex at a distance with a person of his choice”.
But Aaron protested his innocence and said he had nothing to do with ghosts.
He insisted: “I don’t know why I have been branded a magician. I simply visited my brother when he was in bed and then he died.”
The local leader, Chief Mutasa, orders the family to stop their “mischiefs” and immediately begin a “cleansing process” to get rid of the ghosts.
