A Harare woman chopped off her dead husband's penis - to pickle it as a souvenir of their marriage.

Wendy Mupanguri, 65, used a butcher's knife to hack off Nhamo's manhood at Harare hospital, reports The Standard.

She wrapped it in foil and put it in a lunchbox to take home but was spotted by a nurse and arrested.

Wendy, who was wed to Nhamo Chinyani, 68, for 35 years, is accused of mutilation.

She reportedly told police: "It was his best asset and gave me so much pleasure.

"I wanted to pickle it for eternity - he would have wanted it. We called it his walking stick. I wanted it to remember him by.