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January 2012 Volume 39, UK and Europe

Killer Hangs himself

Thu, Feb 02, 2012

A Zimbabwean man, Jasper Jason Dube alias Taruvinga who murdered Rudo Mawere and left her in a suitcase by a roadside in Dublin, Ireland has been found hanging.



He had fled Ireland for England on Sunday using a ferry after being suspected of killing the 26-year-old student.

The killer hanged himself in Higham in North Kent. Kent Police has since confirmed that he was discovered in a wooded area in Higham.He is said to have been using the bank card of Rudo Mawere and apparently killed her by suffocation after a row over money.

Mawere was found fully clothed but her head was covered with a bin bag and a postmortem confirmed that she had died of asphyxiation.

Reports also say the killer who has been using a number of different aliases is suspected of raping a woman in the UK some time ago but he has never been charged in relation to that offence.

Meanwhile, a requiem service for Mawere was held on Wednesday in Ireland at Solid Rock Church where she used to pray.

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