Raighton Nkomo (29) of Stand 6 Village 1 in Kennilworth in
Inyathi pulled his dead father’s body and put the head into a fire in an effort
to conceal the crime. He was 27 when he killed his father Bernard Nkomo (61) in
2019.
After killing his father, Nkomo left the kitchen hut and
went to sleep in another hut leaving his father’s lifeless body with its head
in the fire.
His younger brother Fyton Nkomo who was 17 then, arrived
home later at night and slept in the kitchen in darkness and only discovered
the body the following morning and alerted neighbours.
Nkomo, who is represented by Miss Charity Manyeza of
Mashindi and Associates, pleaded not guilty to murder and guilty to a lesser
charge of culpable homicide when he appeared before Bulawayo High Court judge
Justice Evangelista Kabasa who is on circuit in Hwange.
The judge sentenced Nkomo to eight years in jail before suspending
18 months for five years on condition of good behaviour.
For the State Mr Bheki Tshabalala said the murder took
place on July 16, 2019 in a kitchen hut at the family homestead.
“On 16 July 2019 at around 8PM, the accused and deceased
had a misunderstanding over food. The deceased complained that the accused was
only consuming food at home without contributing anything. The deceased picked
an axe intending to hit his son who also picked another axe and immediately
struck his father on the head,” said Mr Tshabalala.
He said the now deceased fell down and died on the spot. Nkomo
pulled the body towards a fireplace inside the kitchen hut and put the head in
the fire. He left the hut and went to sleep and the deceased’s head was burnt.
The accused’s younger brother Fyton discovered the body in the morning and when he asked the accused about what had happened he got no response. He alerted neighbours who helped make a report to the police. Chronicle
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