Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent
A BULILIMA man, 29, will spend the next year in prison for assaulting his mother, 60, for restraining him from beating up her grandson after donkeys strayed into his garden.Mabhikwa Sibanda of Mangarame area struck the old woman with an iron rod on the head for protecting his brother’s son.

She sustained severe head injuries.

Sibanda was convicted of assault charges by Plumtree magistrate, Gideon Ruvetsa for attacking his mother, Jane Sibanda.

He was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, six months of which were suspended for five years on condition that he does not commit a similar offence within that period.

Sibanda, who begged for his mother’s forgiveness in court, said he acted out of anger.

“I got pissed off because my mother was defending the boy while I wanted to discipline him for the wrong that he had done.

“I’ve already apologised to my mother and explained that I acted out of anger which is why I’m asking for her forgiveness,” said Sibanda.

“I know that it was uncalled for that I assaulted her but I will never repeat the same mistake.”

Prosecuting, Elisha Mazorodze said Sibanda assaulted his mother on May 18 around 11PM.

He said the man went to his mother’s homestead in the middle of the night where he found her asleep in her bedroom hut with her grandson.

Mazorodze said the man who was armed with an iron bar demanded to see his brother’s son.

“Sibanda complained that his crops which were in the garden had been destroyed because of the young boy’s carelessness and demanded to see him.

“The complainant came out of the bedroom hut instead to confront her son and ordered her grandchild to remain inside,” said Mazorodze.

He said Sibanda was not happy that his mother was protecting the boy.

The man then allegedly viciously struck her with an iron bar on the head.

Mazorodze said the elderly woman sustained some injuries on the head and was rushed to a nearby clinic.

He said the matter was reported to the police leading to Sibanda’s arrest.

 

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