An undertaker at one of the top funeral parlours in Gokwe, GFA, was caught pleasuring himself on a corpse, an incident that has left Gokwe Hospital staff members in both shock and fear.
The body belonged to a top businesswoman who died just before the new year of a long illness.
The man, who has begged reporters not to be named, per his own admissions was caught pants down while lifting himself from the ground as two nurses rushed entering in at the door just as semen fluids were seen flowing down from his manhood and also at the deceased’s lower abdomen whose corpse lay on the floor.
The mortuary attendant is now locked in a bitter wrangle with relatives of a late former business woman, whose corpse was sexually abused during an embalming session by the undertaker.
According to a close relative of the late businesswoman who cannot be named to protect the dignity of the late respected mother, the undertaker took advantage of the situation at the referral hospital and sexually abused the corpse before he was caught in the act by two staff members who were bringing a cadaver to the same morgue. So terrified were the staffers(names withheld) that they say they did not think of reporting the incident to the police.
“After he was caught in the act by hospital staff, they (staff members) notified us before reporting the matter to hospital senior officials. We agreed that he would pay four beasts as compensation, which he agreed and he paid three, promising to pay the last beast after the burial of our sister. He is still to pay the beast and this is now in breach of the agreed period,” said the relative who identified herself and (aunt) Mai Manyoni.
The relative also told ZimEye.com that the undertaker messed the corpse while he was making love to the late woman, as semen was noticed in her legs and dress. “We cleaned his semen from our sister’s body, so he must respect us and honour his debt,” said the aunt.
The undertaker in question who pleaded not to be named in the press, admitted to the circumstance to ZimEye.com and begged with the family to give him time to settle the debt. “I am not refusing to give them the last beast, but the problem is with my other family members who are also punishing me saying why did I do such a thing…”
The man may have endangered himself since businesswoman is said to have died of a long illness.
Relatives of the late businesswoman have since given the undertaker up to three months to pay off his debt or risk legal action. “We will give him up to the end of February this year before we take legal action, as everything is in black and white, with his signature, admitting what he did and his promise of paying off the penalty,” said the deceased’s sister.
 
Asked to comment on sexual abuse of more corpses at the hospital, Gokwe hospital officials who refused to be identified appeared to admit to the circumstances, but referred all questions to the Ministry of health for official press comments.
Meanwhile, a police docket was being opened against the man at the time of writing, and this reporter was told by a police source an arrest would be actioned on the offender.