KAPALA CHISUNKA, Lusaka
A LONDON-based Zambian woman has allegedly been killed by her former husband, who later leapt to his death in an apparent suicide. Suffolk police, who found Oliver Ruse’s body, later discovered that of his ex-wife identified as Deborah Mundia Ruse, 39, at 12:40 hours when they went to her cottage she is believed to have been renting in Suffolk Village, Long Melford. Mrs Ruse was the older sister to Namasiku Mundia Chileshe, popularly known by her character Tracy Kabanana in the local soap opera, Kabanana.
Mr Ruse, 37, a local butcher, was found dead at the foot of a six-storey car park in Bury St Edmunds around 12.10 hours on Thursday.
Mrs Ruse’s family in Lusaka has confirmed the incident but said they will only issue a statement later as they are also waiting for communication from that country’s authorities over the incident. According to the Mailonline, the couple is survived by four daughters – aged between eight and 16 – who are currently being looked after by family members. Mr and Mrs Ruse got married in 1998 but split about two years ago. Mrs Ruse then relocated to Brazil. Companies House files show that she remained a 49 percent shareholder in the family business.
Mailonline reports that Mrs Ruse, who some villagers described as a devout Catholic, returned from Rio de Janeiro two months ago demanding half the business and access to their daughters again. But Mr Ruse, a devoted husband ,according to his friends, did not like the idea of having her back in their children’s lives although they suspected he was still in love with her.
Mr Ruse was the fifth generation of his family to control the business-Ruse & Son, which was founded by his great-great-grandfather in 1860. He began working there in 1998 and took over from his father in 2007.
He had the custody of his four daughters while his former wife rented a two-bedroom cottage close to the company.
“Oliver was a very gentle man and bent over backwards to please Debbie (Deborah). I don’t know what happened – a breakdown or something. I think he was still in love with her. He didn’t want her to leave him. Everyone’s devastated,” Mr Ruse’s step-mother, Sheelagh, said.
A LONDON-based Zambian woman has allegedly been killed by her former husband, who later leapt to his death in an apparent suicide. Suffolk police, who found Oliver Ruse’s body, later discovered that of his ex-wife identified as Deborah Mundia Ruse, 39, at 12:40 hours when they went to her cottage she is believed to have been renting in Suffolk Village, Long Melford. Mrs Ruse was the older sister to Namasiku Mundia Chileshe, popularly known by her character Tracy Kabanana in the local soap opera, Kabanana.
Mr Ruse, 37, a local butcher, was found dead at the foot of a six-storey car park in Bury St Edmunds around 12.10 hours on Thursday.
Mrs Ruse’s family in Lusaka has confirmed the incident but said they will only issue a statement later as they are also waiting for communication from that country’s authorities over the incident. According to the Mailonline, the couple is survived by four daughters – aged between eight and 16 – who are currently being looked after by family members. Mr and Mrs Ruse got married in 1998 but split about two years ago. Mrs Ruse then relocated to Brazil. Companies House files show that she remained a 49 percent shareholder in the family business.
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Mr Ruse was the fifth generation of his family to control the business-Ruse & Son, which was founded by his great-great-grandfather in 1860. He began working there in 1998 and took over from his father in 2007.
He had the custody of his four daughters while his former wife rented a two-bedroom cottage close to the company.
“Oliver was a very gentle man and bent over backwards to please Debbie (Deborah). I don’t know what happened – a breakdown or something. I think he was still in love with her. He didn’t want her to leave him. Everyone’s devastated,” Mr Ruse’s step-mother, Sheelagh, said.
