A Gweru based illegal gold miner is in deep trouble after he st@bb3d three people in a gold dispute, one of the st@bb3d victim was left with a kitchen knif3 d33p on his jaws.
The kitchen knif3 had to be removed at a local hospital by health practitioners.
The matter came to light at Gweru magistrates courts yesterday where Nkosilati Moyo (20) appeared before magistrate Nixon Mangoti facing three counts of @ss@_lt.
He was sentenced to three years in jail, the magistrate suspended one year on condition of good behaviour.
The court heard that on September 16 last year at Gondongwe mine in Lower Gweru, Moyo came to the mine looking for his colleagues who had run away with some gold.
Upon arrival at the mine he met Bridget Sibanda who is a shopkeeper at the mine, he was in the company of two other accomplices who are still at large.
The trio wanted to be served by Sibanda who instructed her sister to serve them and a misunderstanding arose the trio @ss@_lted Sibanda with knobkerie m@chete and open hands before st@bbing her with a kitchen knif3 twice on the hand.
After the @ss@_lt they met Matson Tizirai whom they @ss@_lted before st@bb!ng with a kitchen knife.
They completed their f!ght by severely @ss@_lting Petros Madubeko whom they st@bb3d with a kitchen knife and left a kitchen knife stuck on his jaws.
The knife was successfully removed at a local hospital.
A police report was filed leading to the arrest of Moyo
Source Bulawayo 24
