Hilary Gororo aged 30, a former police officer based at Buchwa Support Unit was arrested for assaulting his pregnant wife to death.

Details indicate that the now-deceased, Mavis Nyagumbo, who was a student at Bondolfi Teachers College, was assaulted by Gororo following a domestic dispute.

It is alleged that Nyagumbo told her father Saul Nyagumbo, who was in Masvingo and her aunt Mary Mufute of Zimunya township, Mutare of the assault.

She was taken to Makumbe Hospital for treatment and later transferred to Parirenyatwa Hospital. The matter was not reported to the police.

Her health deteriorated resulting in her giving birth to a stillborn baby.

On January 4, she was referred to Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital and died on January, 5.

A post-mortem conducted on January 25 at Parirenyatwa Hospital concluded that the cause of her death was head trauma after she was struck with an unknown object.

Gororo appeared before Harare Magistrates Court facing murder charges of assault and murder.