Bellarmine Mugabe has been sentenced to 24-months in prison or a R400 000 fine for pointing a toy firearm, as well as 18 months imprisonment or a R200 000 fine for being in the country illegally.
However, the charge of pointing a firearm relates to a separate incident, just two weeks before the shooting at his Hyde Park home.
The sentence was handed down by the Alexandra Regional Court, north of Johannesburg.
His co-accused Tobias Matonhodze has been sentenced to 3-years imprisonment for attempted murder, 12-months for contravening the immigration act, 12-months for defeating the ends of justice and a further 12-months behind bars for possession of a firearm and ammunition.
This relates to a shooting incident involving an employee at the Mugabe residence in Hyde Park in February.
In handing down sentences, Magistrate Reiner Boshoff further ordered that Mugabe should be deported today at his own cost.
WATCH | Bellarmine Mugabe and co-accused Tobias Matonhodze have been sentenced at the Alexandra Regional Court in Johannesburg. SABC News reporter Chriselda Lewis has more. pic.twitter.com/hMItQr2NuX
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