A 42-year old man who beat his
15-year old daughter to death for having boyfriend has been sentenced to five
years imprisonment.
The father, Benjamin Mpanduki, a
Zimbabwean man, was said to have beaten his daughter to death with a fan belt.
Appearing on Monday before
Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Martin Makonese, sitting at the Gweru High
Court Circuit, facing one count of murdering his daughter Mpanduki pleaded not guilty to murder but to
a lesser charge of culpable homicide.
Justice Makonese sentenced him to
five years in prison.
The judge said for the murder of
his daughter, Pamela Believer, Mpanduki was going to serve four years.
Justice Makonese added that the
other 12 months were brought from a sentence that was suspended when Mpanduki
was handed a 24-month sentence for domestic violence in 2017.
“In 2017, the accused appeared
before a magistrate and was handed a 24 month sentence for assaulting his wife.
12 months were suspended on condition of good behaviour and the remainder was
suspended on condition he performed 360 hours of community service. The accused
was then arrested before he completed his community service and he committed
another crime involving violence before five years elapsed meaning the court
has brought in the 12 months. So, the accused is sentenced to five years,” said
Justice Makonese.
According the Chronicles, the
judge said parents should exercise restraint when they discipline their
children, adding that after assaulting his daughter until she could no longer
cry, Mpanduki went and slept in his tuck-shop instead of taking her to receive
medical attention.
“It will be a miscarriage of justice if the
accused got a non-custodial sentence. Children have rights too especially the
right to life even if they have erred in the eyes of their parents,” he said.
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