Man jailed for killing own grandfather

File photo: Timothy A. Clary

File photo: Timothy A. Clary

Published Mar 30, 2015

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Durban - A 25-year-old man from KwaZulu-Natal has been convicted and sentenced to 15 years for killing his 83-year-old grandfather, provincial police reported on Monday.

Sazi Gumede,25, from the Manguzi area, was also declared unfit to possess a firearm by the Ingwavuma Regional Court who sentenced him in connection with the killing of Majabula Gumede.

Police said the victim had been at his house on February 19, 2014 in the Emanaba area of Mbazwane when he had an argument with his grandson.

“The accused took a gear locker and hit his grandfather all over the body. He further used a knife and cut his grandfather’s throat who then died,” police spokesperson Major Thulani Zwane said.

The accused was arrested at the scene of crime on the same day and charged with murder.

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