Killer motorist jailed

BEITBRIDGE magistrate Godswill Mavenge yesterday said the courts had a moral duty to pass harsh sentences to protect society from reckless and unrepentant traffic offenders who do not respect the sanctity of human life.

Mavenge made the remarks as he sentenced a repeat offender, Trouble Mutonono, to an effective 20-month jail term for culpable homicide.

The matter arose from an accident which occurred on July 11 when Mutonono, who holds a provisional driver’s licence, failed to control his car and fatally struck a council employee, Fhatuwani Moyo, at a pedestrian crossing.

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