A man fron Kensington just outside Bulawayo has been sentenced to 10 years in jail after fatally striking a colleague with an iron bar who asked him for gay sex.
Fortune Ncube, 46, flew into a rage and attacked Sindisani Sibanda, 24, on Christmas Eve last year after the latter made derogatory gay sexual utterances towards him.
Ncube was convicted of a lesser charge of culpable homicide after taking into account that he had been extremely provoked.
A post mortem report gave the cause of death as ruptured liver, haemorrhagic shock and blunt force trauma on the abdomen as a result of assault.
On December 24, 2015 shortly after 8PM, Ncube and Sibanda were at Joplum Mine in Kensington drinking beer when a misunderstanding ensued.
Ncube alleged that Sibanda was disrespectful when he told him that he wanted to have sex with him.
The court heard that a fight ensued and Ncube picked an iron bar and hit Sibanda three times on the head and he fell down.
As Sibanda lay unconscious on the ground, Ncube further struck his colleague five times on the back using the same weapon and he died instantly.
Soon after committing the gruesome murder, Ncube took to his heels.
Ncube, pleaded for leniency, saying he was provoked and acted on the spur of the moment.
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