The Alexandra Regional Court has sentenced Bellarmine Mugabe to 24 months’ imprisonment or a R400,000 fine for pointing a toy firearm, along with an additional 18 months or a R200,000 fine for being in the country illegally.
The court noted that the charge relating to pointing a firearm stemmed from a separate incident that occurred two weeks prior to the shooting at his Hyde Park residence.
Mugabe’s co-accused, Tobias Matonhodze, was handed an effective sentence of three years’ imprisonment for attempted murder. He also received 12 months each for contravening immigration laws, defeating the ends of justice, and possession of a firearm and ammunition.
The charges relate to a February shooting incident involving an employee at the Mugabe residence in Hyde Park.
In delivering the sentence, Magistrate Reiner Boshoff ordered that Mugabe be deported at his own expense.