Cheeky farmer bashes ex-worker over pay

A NYABIRA farmer who was angered by his former labourer who constantly returned to the farm demanding his terminal benefits, tripped him to the ground before smashing an empty bottle against his head, inflicting a deep cut, a magistrate has heard.

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The accused, 28-year-old Shadreck Mutonda of Solari Farm in Nyabira, Mashonaland West, was sentenced to an effective three months imprisonment for assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm when he appeared before magistrate Singandu Jele at the Banket Circuit Court this week.

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