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Man attempts to hang father (86) over food
24 Feb 2014 at 19:50hrs | Views
A 63-YEAR-OLD Mangwe man tied a rope around his 86-year-old father's neck before attempting to kill him during a dispute over food.
Gerald Ndlovu dragged his father Bernard Ndlovu and attempted to hang him last year after he gave him a small portion of food on Christmas Day.
Plumtree magistrate Mr Livard Philimoni ordered that the accused person be examined by two doctors to ascertain his mental state in terms of the Mental Health Act before his trial.
According to the Sunday News, the trial was deferred to 3 March when doctors are expected to have compiled a report. This was after Gerald, who was on some occasions referring to the magistrate as a public prosecutor, made senseless statements.
"Your worship may I know who is making these allegations against me. There must be something wrong with the State because it is punishing me for an offence which I did not commit," said Gerald, who had to be ordered to speak in vernacular after insisting on speaking in English which he could not articulate clearly.
"I want to use English because anyway that is the language we used during the colonial era. Besides I doubt if the interpreter understands Ndebele because it appears she has a Shona accent. I doubt if she will be able to translate what I will be saying in Ndebele to English," he said.
Prosecuting, Mr Stanley Chinyanganya narrated how Gerald terrorised his father on 25 December last year.
"The complainant arrived home on 25 December last year from church. He dished food for himself and the accused person who complained that the food was not enough.
"The accused person took a rope which he tied on his father's neck and he started pulling him around. He dragged him to his bedroom and threatened to kill him," he said.
"The accused person was intending to hang the complainant but he discovered that there was nowhere to tie the rope on the ceiling and he released him, leaving him lying unconscious on his bed."
The complaint reported the matter to the police leading to the accused person's arrest.
Gerald Ndlovu dragged his father Bernard Ndlovu and attempted to hang him last year after he gave him a small portion of food on Christmas Day.
Plumtree magistrate Mr Livard Philimoni ordered that the accused person be examined by two doctors to ascertain his mental state in terms of the Mental Health Act before his trial.
According to the Sunday News, the trial was deferred to 3 March when doctors are expected to have compiled a report. This was after Gerald, who was on some occasions referring to the magistrate as a public prosecutor, made senseless statements.
"Your worship may I know who is making these allegations against me. There must be something wrong with the State because it is punishing me for an offence which I did not commit," said Gerald, who had to be ordered to speak in vernacular after insisting on speaking in English which he could not articulate clearly.
"I want to use English because anyway that is the language we used during the colonial era. Besides I doubt if the interpreter understands Ndebele because it appears she has a Shona accent. I doubt if she will be able to translate what I will be saying in Ndebele to English," he said.
Prosecuting, Mr Stanley Chinyanganya narrated how Gerald terrorised his father on 25 December last year.
"The complainant arrived home on 25 December last year from church. He dished food for himself and the accused person who complained that the food was not enough.
"The accused person took a rope which he tied on his father's neck and he started pulling him around. He dragged him to his bedroom and threatened to kill him," he said.
"The accused person was intending to hang the complainant but he discovered that there was nowhere to tie the rope on the ceiling and he released him, leaving him lying unconscious on his bed."
The complaint reported the matter to the police leading to the accused person's arrest.
Source - Sunday News
