The family had demanded 15 beasts and the other one was
paid in the form of the six goats. This was heard during the sentencing of the
two girls aged 15 and 16 at the time of committing the offence when the High
Court sat in circuit in Hwange last week.
Following the death of 15-year-old Nobukhosi Moyo, her
family demanded 15 cattle from the families of the two assailants, the one who
supplied the knife and the one who delivered the fatal blow as compensation or
appeasement.
The incident which shocked the Nkayi community and general
public saw the family of the deceased allegedly burying her with the kitchen
knife still lodged in her left breast where the fatal blow had been delivered
in anger.
Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Maxwell Takuva sitting
with assessors, Messrs Joe Zulu and Jacob Dubiwa found the two teens not guilty
of murder but guilty of culpable homicide.
He sentenced them to three years imprisonment before
suspending one year on condition of good behaviour.
The girls heaved a sigh of relief when the remaining two
years were further suspended on condition they perform 860 hours of community
service.
According to a statement of agreed facts between the State
led by Mrs Martha Cheda and defence counsel led by a Miss W Makorokoto of
Mashindi and Associates, on 28 October 2021 at around 1pm the three girls were
at school when the now deceased Nobukhosi Moyo approached the 16-year-old teen
and accused her of spreading rumours about her.
At around 4pm on their way home, the two had a
misunderstanding over a boyfriend who is a gold panner.
The girl who was accused number one indicated that she
wanted to assault the now deceased before her ally who had joined them handed
her the kitchen knife.
The now deceased hit the girl who was accused number one on
the chest with a fist and a fight ensued.
As they were fighting, the girl who was accused number one
drew the knife and stabbed the now deceased once on the nose and palm. The now
deceased then ran away but her assailant pursued her.
The now deceased picked up a stone and stick intending to
assault her assailant who had also armed herself with a stone.
The now deceased threw the stone but missed and her
assailant got the chance to dispossess her of the stick before stabbing her
once on the left shoulder and left breast with the knife, leaving it stuck on
her. The now deceased ran for about 100 metres before collapsing and dying on
the spot Sunday News
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