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Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter
A WOMAN from Dete fractured an arm after two men who had earlier assaulted her handcuffed son accusing him of stealing their chickens attacked her with an axe handle and stones.
Mrs Lizzy Ncube aged 62 and her son Mr Fanuel Ncube (22), who sustained a cut on the forehead, swollen hands and bruises on the face, were referred to St Patrick’s Hospital for treatment following the attack by Strydom Mudenda (32) and Itai Chiwoko (38), both from Lupote Village under Chief Nelukoba.
Mudenda, who is a security guard based in South Africa, used a pair of handcuffs to assault Mr Ncube before cuffing him.
Mudenda and Chiwoko pleaded guilty to two counts of assault each when they appeared before Hwange magistrate Mr Gift Dube.
The magistrate slapped each of them with 24 months in jail before suspending nine months on condition of good behaviour.
Each will serve an effective 15 months in jail.
Prosecuting, Mr Trymore Chitumbu said the crimes were committed on August 7.
“The complainant Fanuel Ncube disembarked from a lift at Lupote Bus Stop when Mudenda approached holding handcuffs. Mudenda hit the complainant once on the forehead with the handcuffs accusing him of stealing chickens from his fowl run,” said the prosecutor.
The court was told that Mudenda handcuffed Mr Ncube before Chiwoko and other villagers joined and started assaulting him with knobkerries and stones while also slapping and punching him.
Mudenda hit Mr Ncube several times with an axe handle all over the body leaving a deep cut on the forehead, swollen hands and bruises on the face.
Mr Ncube’s mother, who was watering her garden near Lupote Primary School, rushed to the scene when she heard villagers were assaulting her son.
At the scene, Mudenda and Chiwoko charged at her and assaulted her for protecting her son.
Mrs Ncube managed to escape and sought refuge in a blair toilet.
Mudenda led Mr Ncube to Dete Police Station intending to open a case of theft against him.
Police arrested Mudenda and Chiwoko and referred Mr Ncube and his mother to St Patrick’s Hospital. – @ncubeleon
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