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Granny kills rapist, spared jail
09 Mar 2016 at 08:58hrs | Views
A BRAVE grandmother and widow who killed a man who sneaked into her room before trying to rape her has been branded "disgusting" by a judge - but she will not be going to jail.
Thokozile Moyo, 56, of Tsholotsho, struck 70-year-old Edward Vundla Nduna several times with a log after he crept into her room at midnight, undressed.
She left him lying prostrate on the floor and raced to inform the village head. Nduna died while being transported to Tsholotsho District Hospital in a wheelbarrow.
Justice Francis Bere of the Bulawayo High Court, on circuit in Hwange yesterday, spared the mother-of-four jail. He condemned the alleged rapist's actions saying: "The conduct of the alleged rapist Edward Vundla Nduna was an insult to the dignity of Moyo, and the accused's (Moyo's) behaviour was most unusual."
Memory Munsaka, for the prosecution, said on May 19, 2013, shortly after midnight, Nduna was on his way home from a beer drink when he decided to pass through Moyo's home.
The court heard that on arrival at Moyo's homestead, Nduna removed his trousers and left them at the gate before proceeding to his neighbour's bedroom hut.
"He went inside Moyo's hut which was not locked and started shouting obscenities as he demanded sex," said Munsaka.
Moyo allegedly tried to run away but Nduna grabbed her. He allegedly tried to rape her during which a scuffle ensued.
"Moyo overpowered Nduna and pushed him to the ground before she picked a log and struck her neighbour several times on the knees and once on the left cheek," said Munsaka.
Moyo fled from the scene and left Nduna lying unconscious. She went to the local village head's homestead to report what had happened.
In mitigation, her lawyer Elvis Mashindi pleaded for leniency, saying she was a widow looking after her four children and grandchildren.
Thokozile Moyo, 56, of Tsholotsho, struck 70-year-old Edward Vundla Nduna several times with a log after he crept into her room at midnight, undressed.
She left him lying prostrate on the floor and raced to inform the village head. Nduna died while being transported to Tsholotsho District Hospital in a wheelbarrow.
Justice Francis Bere of the Bulawayo High Court, on circuit in Hwange yesterday, spared the mother-of-four jail. He condemned the alleged rapist's actions saying: "The conduct of the alleged rapist Edward Vundla Nduna was an insult to the dignity of Moyo, and the accused's (Moyo's) behaviour was most unusual."
Memory Munsaka, for the prosecution, said on May 19, 2013, shortly after midnight, Nduna was on his way home from a beer drink when he decided to pass through Moyo's home.
The court heard that on arrival at Moyo's homestead, Nduna removed his trousers and left them at the gate before proceeding to his neighbour's bedroom hut.
"He went inside Moyo's hut which was not locked and started shouting obscenities as he demanded sex," said Munsaka.
Moyo allegedly tried to run away but Nduna grabbed her. He allegedly tried to rape her during which a scuffle ensued.
"Moyo overpowered Nduna and pushed him to the ground before she picked a log and struck her neighbour several times on the knees and once on the left cheek," said Munsaka.
Moyo fled from the scene and left Nduna lying unconscious. She went to the local village head's homestead to report what had happened.
In mitigation, her lawyer Elvis Mashindi pleaded for leniency, saying she was a widow looking after her four children and grandchildren.
Source - chronicle
