CHINHOYI, Zimbabwe -- A 63-year-old Deaf man from the Mamina communal area in Mhondoro, Christmas Makomeke, has been sentenced to three years in prison for striking a fellow villager with an axe accusing him of having an affair with his wife.
Makomeke was sentenced on his own plea of guilty to attempted murder when he appeared before Chinhoyi regional magistrate Never Katiyo last week.
The court heard that the complainant Cylus Bhunu (58) sustained serious shoulder, chest and head injuries in the attack which occurred on December 5 last year.
However, Makomeke had his jail sentence wholly suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour and that he pays $500 fine before March 29.
In passing sentence, the court considered Makomeke’s advanced age as a mitigatory factor and that he was Deaf and had been extremely provoked by the complainant who was, according to overwhelming evidence adduced in court, having an affair with the former’s wife.
The court heard that on December 5 last year at around 6am, Makomeke met Bhunu just outside the latter’s cattle pen.
Makomeke, who was armed with a hoe and an axe, accused Bhunu of having an affair with his wife... Read The Full Story.
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