A 49-year-old Bindura man learnt the hard way that crime does not pay after he was jailed for attempted murder on Friday.
Brian Mawadza of Chihuri, compound in Bindura was slapped with a five year jail term by Bindura regional magistrate Sandra Mapindu on charges of attempting to kill his mother in-law.
The magistrate conditionally suspended one year on condition of good behaviour.
Prosecutor Edward Katsvairo told the court that on January 1, Mawadza went to his mother in-law Mercy Mupfuudza (59) demanding his wife who had left his house without notice.
Mupfuudza told Mawadza that her daughter had not come to her place of residence.
He became violent and assaulted his mother in-law with a wooden log on the head and she collapsed.
She was rushed to Bindura hospital by neighbours where was admitted and treated.
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