HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE

  Livingstone Sunhwa took his own life, a Mutasa magistrate has ruled. Livingstone was a Form Four student at St Mathias High School in Muta...

 Livingstone Sunhwa took his own life, a Mutasa magistrate has ruled. Livingstone was a Form Four student at St Mathias High School in Mutasa District when he vanished. His remains were found six months later. Cops were suspected to have beaten him.

Manica Post reports that Magistrate Mr Artwell Sanyatwe said the availed evidence suggested suicide by hanging as testified by the police. “There is no doubt that Livingstone exhibited signs of truancy, which in my view contributed to his demise in this instance. He either could not stand the embarrassing conduct of being arrested at the school in full view of his peers or feared the worst, hence his decision to take his own life. Detectives who dealt with the matter both testified on the findings at the scene of the recovered human remains which they said were found about a kilometre from St Mathias Tsonzo High School in a secluded and bushy area.

“A piece of cloth was found hanging from a tree, which matched a broken piece of cloth found among human remains or bones. Tests were conducted to establish whether these were Livingstone’s . Their evidence was corroborated by expert tests and analysis, although the cause of death could not be ascertained. With that in mind, the only logical conclusion that may be drawn is that the cause of death was due to suicide by hanging."