Mugabe's son given fine and to be deported from South Africa for pointing a toy gun

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe was ordered to pay a 400,000 rand fine for pointing a toy gun and a 200,000 rand fine for violating immigration rules on Wednesday in South Africa. The court also said he would be deported.

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, believed to be in his late 20s, and another man were arrested in February after a worker was shot and wounded at a mansion in Johannesburg where Mugabe was staying. Both pleaded guilty as part of negotiations with prosecutors and have been in custody since their arrest. It is not clear how Bellarmine Mugabe broke South Africa's immigration laws, and he pleaded guilty to pointing a toy gun in a separate incident from the one in which the worker was shot. His co-accused, Tobias Matonhodze, pleaded guilty to attempted murder of the worker, along with other charges like defeating the ends of justice. The investigating officer told the Alexandra Magistrate's Court last week that the worker who was shot twice in the back received a compensation settlement of 250,000 rand, with a further payment of 150,000 rand to come.

Tobias Matonhodze was sentenced to three years in prison, after which he will be deported. The firearm used in the shooting is still missing.