By Paul Nyathi

A Gwanda man lives to regret whatever he was drinking or smoking on the night of October 2 which intoxicated him so much that he thought of quenching his sex drive on his own mother.

The 32 year old man from Paye Village in Gwanda South was on Monday sentenced to four months imprisonment after being in remand prison since October for allowing his drunken stupor to get the better of him and had him want to insert his manhood into his own 55 year old mother.

He was convicted on his own plea of guilty to threats to commit rape and murder by Gwanda magistrate, Obedience Matare.

The magistrate gave him an option of paying $300 fine or serve the four months imprisonment in case of default. In addition, the man was sentenced to four months imprisonment which was wholly suspended on condition that he does not commit a similar offence within the next five years.

Prosecuting, Mr Takudzwa Mafudze said the man forcibly gained entrance into his mother’s homestead on October 2 at around 1AM.

“On 2 October around 1AM the complainant was woken up by her son who was making noise outside her bedroom hut, insulting her with vulgar words. He then knocked on his mother’s door and ordered her to open as he wanted to have sexual intercourse with her but she refused,” said Mr Mafudze.

“The man forcibly gained entry into his mother’s bedroom hut and threatened to rape her and then kill her afterwards.
“He tried to grab his mother who was half naked but she managed to escape and fled from her homestead. The man pursued her until she sought refuge at a neighbour’s homestead.”
He said the woman reported the matter to the police resulting in her son’s arrest.

In mitigation, the man begged for leniency saying he had committed the offence while under the influence of alcohol.

“Your Worship I erred. I was acting under the influence of alcohol and I was unaware of the things I was doing. Under normal circumstances I wouldn’t do what I did to my mother,” he said.