By A Correspondent- A Mutasa man ran amock and burnt down his in-laws’ hut before demanding his lobola money back after his wife dumped him.

The bitter man reduced his close relatives’ property to ashes as he demanded a refund for his lobola.

Knowledge Manhanga, 31, destroyed property worth $67 000. He appeared before Mutare magistrate Rumbidzai Kabasa, and he was convicted on his plea of guilty.

The State represented by Ann Chibvongodze proved that Manhanga had a misunderstanding sometime in July with his wife, who then left for her parents’ homestead.

In the State’s case, Manhanga accused his mother of conniving with his wife to desert him. While his mother was away, Manhanga went to his mother’s homestead in Domborutinhira Village and set her hut on fire.

On the same night, Manhanga also went to his in-laws homestead in the same village. He argued with his father-in-law while demanding a lobola refund and threatening to destroy their homestead if his demands were not met.

He later torched a hut at the homestead. Manhanga was arrested after a police report was made, Manica Post reports.