
Uyu ni umwanya utangaje wagaragaye ubwo Coleen Campbell, umugore w’umugizi wa nabi, yakubitaga Niamh Wasik inyundo mu mutwe mu mirwano yo ku muhanda izwi nka love triangle, mu mujyi wa Ashton-under-Lyne, mu karere ka Greater Manchester, ku wa 29 Kamena 2022.
Iyi mirwano yabaye iminsi mike mbere y’uko Coleen afasha itsinda ry’abagizi ba nabi gutoteza no kwica Thomas Campbell, wahoze ari umugabo we ndetse akaba yaracuruzaga ibiyobyabwenge, nyuma y’uko yari yabahaye amakuru yerekeye aho aherereye.

Thomas yatezwe ubwo yafunguraga urugi rw’inzu ye i Mossley mu karere ka Greater Manchester, ku wa 2 Nyakanga 2022, nyuma y’uko imodoka ye ishyizweho igikoresho gikurikirana (GPS tracker) mu gihe yajyaga gufata umukobwa wabo ku ishuri. Yakubiswe ibyuma, apfa azize gukubitwa ibipfunsi, guterwa inshyi no gushyirwaho amazi ashyushye ku kibuno. Abaturanyi basanze umurambo we wambaye amasogisi gusa mu muryango.
Coleen yaje kugaragara nk’umwe mu bagize uruhare muri icyo cyaha nyuma yo gutanga amakuru yihariye ku bikomere bya Thomas mu nama y’abahanuzi (séance), ibintu byamenywa gusa n’abamwishe.
Coleen yakatiwe igifungo cy’imyaka 13 azira uruhare rwe muri ubwo bwicanyi. Abagabo babiri nabo bahanwe, mu gihe uwa gatatu ukekwaho ubwicanyi azaburanishwa nyuma y’uyu mwaka.
Ku wa mbere, Coleen yongeye kugaragara mu rukiko kubera indi mirwano yari irimo n’abandi bantu batatu: Hannah Derbyshire (27), Chloe Bamford (30), na Simon Bowden (38).
Derbyshire bivugwa ko yari mu rukundo n’umusore witwa James Heaney, wari ufitanye umubano na Wasik ndetse n’undi mugore. Urukiko rwa Minshull Street Crown Court rwumvise ko uyu mwuka mubi w’urukundo ari wo watumye habaho iyi mirwano.
Coleen, wari utari mu rukundo rw’aba bantu, yari atwaye imodoka ya VW Tiguan irimo abandi batatu, ubwo bahuraga na Wasik ahitwa Rutland Street na Granville Street i Ashton-under-Lyne. Bahise bamugabaho igitero gikomeye, cyafashwe na kamera za CCTV.

Derbyshire yahise asohoka mu modoka, atangira gukubita no gukandagira ku ntege Niamh. Bowden wari witwaje icyuma kirekire (drill bit) yambara agapfukamunwa. Campbell, wari wambaye imyenda yirabura kandi afite inyundo, yakubise Wasik inshuro nyinshi mbere yo kumumanura hasi no gukomeza kumukubita hamwe n’abandi bagore babiri.
Iyi mirwano yamaze hafi amasegonda 90 mbere y’uko basubira mu modoka yabo ya Tiguan, nuko bagahunga aho bamuteye, hagira umuntu utera ibuye kuri parabrise y’imodoka.
Campbell bivugwa ko yibye igikapu cya Wasik, kikaza gutoragurwa iwe ubwo polisi yamusakaga. Bose uko ari bane banze gutanga ibisobanuro cyangwa barabeshye ubwo babazwaga na polisi.
Bamford yavuze ko yari yitabara, Bowden avuga ko yari mu mujyi wa Manchester icyo gihe. Ntibizwi niba Wasik yakomeretse, kuko yanze gukorana na polisi.
Iyi mirwano yabaye iminsi mike mbere y’uko Campbell afasha mu bwicanyi bwa Thomas Campbell. Aba bombi bari bazwi cyane kubera ingendo zihenze bajyagamo hanze y’igihugu, zibeshwaho n’ubucuruzi bwa kokayine bw’umuryango wabo. Bafashwe mu 2018, bombi bemera ibyaha byo guhisha umutungo wavuye mu byaha.
Coleen yakatiwe gufungwa bihagaritswe (suspended sentence), naho Thomas afungwa imyaka 2. Bakimara gutandukana mu 2021 ubwo Thomas yatangiye kujya mu rukundo n’undi mugore, Coleen yandikiye inshuti ati: “Icyiza yakoze ni ugusambana n’inshuti yanjye. Ubu ni ubuzima bushya.”
Nyuma Coleen yisanze mu mugambi wo kwambura Thomas amafaranga, ibiyobyabwenge n’ibindi bifatika, ubwo uwahoze ari umukunzi wa wa mugore mushya nawe yamenyaga ayo makuru.
Coleen yaje kwiyandarika, atanga amakuru atagira icyo ayisabishije ku bikomere bya Thomas mu nama y’abahanuzi, aho yavuze ko “Thomas yabonekeye” maze agatanga ibyo yari yarakomeretseho, ari kumwe n’umuhanuzi, ibyo byahise bijya kumenywa n’umubyeyi wa Thomas, Lynn Campbell, wahise abimenyesha polisi.
Mu gihe icyo kiganiro cyabaga, polisi ntiratangaza byinshi ku rupfu rwa Thomas – bityo Coleen yahise afatwa nk’ukekwaho icyaha kuko gusa abamwishe bari bazi ayo makuru.
Yaje gufatwa, ahamwa n’icyaha, akatirwa imyaka 13.
Mu rubanza ruheruka ku wa mbere, we n’abandi baregwa bemeye icyaha cyo guteza umutekano muke (violent disorder), na Coleen yemera ubujura.
Ubwunganizi bwa Coleen bwavuze ko asa n’umuntu w’umunyamahoro, w’ubwenge kandi w’umunyampuhwe. Bowden we yagaragajwe nk’ufite umwana w’umuhungu wiga mu mwaka wa mbere w’amashuri yisumbuye, ushaka kubaho neza. Uyu mugabo kandi yari amaze igihe afungiye ku gihano cya burundu kubera ubujura, kuva mu 2022.
Bamford yari atarakabaye afungwa na rimwe, ndetse yigaga muri kaminuza. Derbyshire, wakoraga mu kabari, nawe nta cyaha yari yarigeze akorerwa mbere, kandi yavuze ko yicuza ibyo yakoze.
Umucamanza Michael Blakey yagize ati:
“Ku wa 29 Kamena 2022, mwese uko muri bane mwagiye ahantu, Granville Street, mu mujyi wa Ashton-under-Lyne, aho mwakubitiye uwari wabaye ikigwari. Ibi byari byateguwe. Hari urukundo rw’abashotoranyi hagati y’umwe muri mwe na James Heaney, ari na rwo rwateye ibi byose. Benshi muri mwe bari bitwaje intwaro – Campbell afite inyundo, Bamford afite igikoresho cyo gutogosa, Bowden afite icyuma kirekire.”
Yabwiye Campbell ati:
“Witwaje inyundo, urayikoresha, ariko ndasoma ibigaragaza ko uri gufungirwa hari ibyo wamenye, wagiye mu masomo, kandi uri gukora uko ushoboye ngo wikosore – ibyo ni byo bihesha agaciro.”
Campbell na Bowden bakatiwe imyaka 1 n’amezi 6 y’igifungo. Derbyshire na Bamford bahawe ibihano by’agateganyo (suspended sentences).