A man from Silobela was yesterday sentenced to 5 years in jail after he killed his 15-year-old daughter after he found out she had a boyfriend, The Chronicle reports. Benjamin Mpanduki from Silobela killed his daughter Pamela by assaulting her with a fern belt .
According to the publication, the prosecutor on the case said:
It is said that on July 11 at around 9PM Pamela Believer Mpanduki was at home with her mother and siblings when her father Benjamin Mpanduki started accusing her of having an affair with a local boy.
The father started assaulting Pamela all over the body with a grinding mill belt made of rubber several times all over her body.
The following morning at about 6AM the mother went to check on her daughter only to find her dead. The matter was reported to the police who attended the scene and observed injuries on her body
Mpanduki was arrested after he was on the run for some time and was subsequently sentenced after being convicted of culpable homicide.
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