Two gold panners who hijacked and killed a businessman from Filabusi in Matebeland South, before taking his car , have been jailed for life.
Precious Nkomo of Godlwayo village in Filabusi and Edgar Majasi of Khohli village in Gokwe were sentenced for the murder of Alphious Mabhena, 42, whom they lured into a bush where they killed him in August 2011.
They beat him to death with iron bars and took his vehicle, a Toyota Hilux.
Nkomo and Majasi were exposed when they approached a mechanic and asked him to repair Mabhena’s car two months after he had been reported missing.
The duo was convicted of murder with actual intent.
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