By James Muonwa, Mashonaland West Correspondent
A BANKET man, who attempted to stop a fist-fight, was unlucky to lose his left eye after one of the belligerent parties stoned him using a catapult.
The victim, George Nyafesa was seriously injured and rushed to Banket District Hospital before being transferred to Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare where the injured eye was surgically removed.
Nyafesa’ s assailant Jackson Phiri recently appeared before Chinhoyi provincial magistrate Gladmore Mushore, who sentenced him to 12 months in prison.
The court, however, suspended three months for five years on condition Phiri does not commit a similar offence.
He will, therefore, serve an effective nine months in jail.