Three News
April 28 2008; 12:09

Trial of man accused of Zimbabwe girl’s murder underway

The trial of a Zimbabwean man accused of murdering and sexually violating his eleven-year-old niece is underway in Christchurch.

54-year-old George Gwaze faces the charges from January last year when Charlene Makaza, who lived with Gwaze and his family in Christchurch, was found in bed struggling to breathe.

She later died in hospital and a month later he was arrested.