Farai Mabhande pleaded guilty to culpable homicide before
Bulawayo magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa.
While handing down the sentence, the magistrate said the
court considered that the accused pleaded guilty to the charge and first
offenders must be treated with leniency.
“The court also considered that the offender assisted the
bereaved family financially. The offender is sentenced to pay a fine of US$300
that is payable on or before 29 February or face three months’ imprisonment.
The remaining three months of his sentence were suspended
for five years on the condition of good behaviour.
The court heard that on 19 October 2022 at around 4 pm,
Mabhande was driving a white Nissan NP200 along 12th Avenue extension with no
passengers on board.
He hit a cyclist, the now-deceased Joshua Ndlovu, who was
cycling across the road and he died on the spot as a result of the accident.
The accident left the vehicle with a damaged bumper, a
damaged bonnet, and a shattered windscreen. The post-mortem report states that
the death was caused by hypovolemic shock, pulmonary laceration and road
traffic accident. B Metro
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