Man stones lover's mum, sets hut ablaze

A HERDSMAN from Matopo who went haywire and set his girlfriend's mother's hut ablaze before bashing her with a stone on the head, has been jailed for seven years.

According to local media, Butholezwe Moyo (23) told a court he lost it when his girlfriend's mum refused to let him see her.

Neighbours had to break down a door to the burning hut to rescue the elderly woman.

Moyo, who apparently had not finished with the woman, pounced on her as soon as she ran out of the hut and hit her several times on the head with a stone.

He told Bulawayo Regional Magistrate Mr Chrispen Mberewere that he was angry because he had just discovered that his girlfriend was having numerous affairs with herdsmen in the community as well as his uncle.

Moyo pleaded guilty to attempted murder.