Thomas Shivambu (42) from Dan village was found guilty of shooting to death his father Edward Shivambu (61) on the night of August 24, 2012.
He was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for murder, 10 years for possession of firearm without licence and a further 10 years for illegal possession of ammunition.
The deceased was a retired Police officer and at the time of his death, he was working as a Sheriff of the Court.
Meanwhile in the other unrelated case, in the Ritavi Regional Court, Marvel Ngobeni (23) was sentenced to six years imprisonment for attempted rape which occurred at Mariveni village in June last year.
The 19 year-old victim testified that she was on the way fromNkowankwoa to Mariveni village at about 21:30 when Ngobeni attacked and dragged her into the bushes.
She managed to escape while he was attempting to rape her.
Ngobeni was further declared unfit to possess a firearm.
The police management welcomed these sentences saying they will send a strong message to all the criminals and would be criminals that crime does not pay.
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