Man has sex with neighbour's 'obedient' donkey; gets 4-month jail

Mvuto was convicted on his own plea of guilty to a count of bestiality

A middle-aged man in Zimbabwe, who had divorced his wife of 10 years in 2006, turned his neighbour's female donkey into an "obedient lover".

Sinos Mvuto, who hails from Mwenezi in southern Zimbabwe, has a penchant for bestiality, africanspotlight.com reported.

A local magistrate convicted and sentenced Mvuto to six months in jail, with two months suspension for five years on condition of good behaviour. He, however, will have to spend four months in jail.

Mvuto was convicted on his own plea of guilty to a count of bestiality when he appeared before the magistrate. Mvuto had divorced his wife in 2006, the report said.

"I divorced my wife with whom I had three children years ago. It could be insatiable sexual appetite that drives me to do this because I don't have a specific reason," it quoted Mvuto as saying.

The magistrate said Mvuto not only degraded himself through developing intimate feelings for an animal but he also earned the whole family including his children a bad name.

"What you've done is unimaginable. It is weird and the court wonders how you proposed to the donkey. By nature a donkey produces a savage kick on its mate.

"The court also wonders how you survived those kicks. You've done something that shows high degree of cruelty against animals, you deserve to be in solitary confinement," the report quoted the magistrate as saying.

Prosecutor Fidelicy Nyamukondiwa said that on November 30 at around 12 pm Mvuto was walking in the bush when he saw three donkeys belonging to his neighbour, Douglas Musara, 46.

"Upon seeing the donkeys, the sex-starved Mvuto approached a jenny which he held on the back before mounting. He had sex with the donkey once but before he could finish the mission, Mvuto was caught red-handed having sex with the animal by Musara and his wife," Nyamukondiwa said.

"Upon realising that he was caught, Mvuto dismounted from the animal and took to his heels but not before leaving behind his jacket which was used as an exhibit in court."

A formal report was made leading to Mvuto's arrest.