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Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau
A 55-year-old Zvimba man has been ordered to perform 450 hours of community service after he attacked his son with a machete in an argument over witchcraft.
Obert Marongecha Nyatsanga of Mabvure village, was found guilty of domestic violence after he struck his son Tinashe (27), who had allegedly accused him of practising witchcraft.
Chinhoyi Magistrate Ms Rumbidzai Chuma ordered Nyatsanga to perform community service after the attack on August 20 which followed a heated argument. Prosecutor, Mr Clever Nyapfani, said on the day Tinashe proceeded to his father’s homestead where he found him alone and greeted him.
Nyatsanga did not respond to his son’s greeting and ordered him to leave his residence and go to his mother’s place before he killed him. He went into the house and came out armed with a machete which he used to strike his son once on the head, twice on the left arm and once on the back. Tinashe sustained multiple injuries on the forehead, left arm and back leading to his admission at Father O’Hea Mission Hospital at Kutama.
This was after he initially sought refuge at the residence of his mr Gift Matarira who accompanied him to police and later, to the hospital.
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter