By Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree
Violence has costed a Plumtree based man who assaulted his wife with an electric cable over firewood dispute.
Godknows Ndlovu was sentenced to four months in prison by Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware.
Ndlovu was was lucky to escape jail after Nembaware conditionally suspended the sentence to $400 fine.
Prosecutor Selestine Madziwa told the court that on October 10 Ndlovu arrived home during midnight and found his wife sleeping in their bedroom.
The accused took fire wood and set a fire outside the house.
He called his wife to give her more firewood but she did not comply.
Ndlovu assaulted his wife with an electric cable all over the body before threatening to kill his two year old baby boy.