Precila Takabvirakare
A 22 year-old Gutu man Alouis Mafukidze of Mafukidze village under Chief Gutu appeared before Gutu magistrate Mitchell Panavanhu this week facing murder charges for killing his father after he tried to stop the former from chopping down a tree.
Alouis struck his father six times with an axe.
It is the State case as presented by prosecutor Bati Bati, that on September 2 this year at around 1900 hours in Mazonde village, Alouis had a misunderstanding with the now deceased Tsikirai Mafukidze (45) (his father) after he tried to stop him from cutting down trees which he said belonged to him.
It is said that Alouis was at a nearby bush which is about 800 meters from their homestead where he was cutting down trees when Tsikirai stopped him from doing so saying they belonged to him.
That angred Alouis who also indicated that the poles belonged to him as well.
The two had a misunderstanding and Alouis charged towards Tsikirai and struck him with an axe six times on the head and he died.
Investigations were carried out leading to Alouis’ arrest.
