
A 19-year-old man from Chipinge has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and has been jailed for an effective five years .
Spencer Khosa was jailed after he attacked a local vendor with a machete following a disagreement over the price of cooked goat meat outside a bottle store at Chisumbanje Township in Chipinge.
The court heard that Khosa attacked the vendor with a machete striking him on the neck and left palm before he was rushed to hospital for medical attention.
Khosa got nine years in prison before four years were suspended on condition of good behavior.
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