A South African based man killed his father who was having a steamy affair with his wife in Chiredzi. Lawrence Makasani (23) told a Ma...
A South African based man killed his father who was having
a steamy affair with his wife in Chiredzi.
Lawrence Makasani (23) told a Masvingo Magistrate that he
killed his father, Makasani Baloyi in self defence. He said the pair quarrelled
and fought after he discovered the affair.
On October 22 2017, Lawrence and the deceased were coming
from Gondweni Village in an ox-drawn cart at night where they had gone to
collect a pig. Lawrence then accused his father of having a sexual affair with
his wife and the mater turned violent.
The accused produced a knife which he used to stab his
father, leading to his death. Lawrence dragged the body away from the road and
dumped it by the wayside leaving a blood trail. The body was discovered on the
early hours of October 28 by Beaula Mavasa who was looking for her stray goats.
The Masvingo Mirror reports that Justice Mawadze changed
the murder charge to culpable homicide after Grace Bwanya of Chihambakwe Legal
Practitioners who represented the accused on a pro-deo basis argued for the
charge to be altered. He sentenced Lawrence to 10 years in jail. Two years were
wholly suspended for five years on condition that Lawrence does not commit a
similar crime or exhibit violent behavior.
Justice Mawadze said that that there were no witnesses to
the murder as the two were alone when they quarrelled resulting in the fight
that saw the accused killing his father by stabbing him several times in the
chest and scalp.
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