Man held for stoning wife

2003-09-02 18:32

Johannesburg - A 32-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday in a village near Makado (Louis Trichardt) for allegedly stoning his wife to death a week ago, Limpopo police said.

Captain Alwei Mushavhanamadi said the community of Sendedza gave police a tip-off that the man was hiding in his friend's house.

He allegedly stoned his 30-year-old wife to death during an argument.

The wife and her mother were looking for firewood in the mountains near Tshikota, outside Makado, on Tuesday last week when the husband approached them.

He asked his wife where their son was and the two then started arguing. The man threw a stone at his wife and when she fell, he jumped on her and beat her to death with stones, Mushavhanamadi said.

The man then fled.

He would appear in court soon.

- SAPA