Mugabe Son Deported, Fined for Gun Stunt

0:00It's April 30th. Welcome in. This is Global News Today, where the world meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. A South African magistrate just ordered Bellarmine Mugabi, the 29-year-old son of Zimbabwe's late president, Robert Mugabi, to be deported. Immediately, he pleaded guilty earlier this month to waving around an object that looked like a gun and staying in the country illegally. The judge said, take him straight to Johannesburg's airport by police and send him back to Zimbabwe plus hit him with a $36,000 fine or two years behind bars. This all stems from a February arrest, where Bellarmine and his cousin got nabbed after an employee was shot at his Johannesburg home. Cops never found the weapon, and he cut a deal with prosecutors to drop to those lesser charges. Meanwhile, his cousin Tobias Matoholze took the full heat, pleading guilty to attempted murder and other counts, landing a three-year sentence. Followed by deportation, once he's done. The magistrate even threw shade, telling Bellarmine he wondered if his cousin took the fall

1:03for him since the guy owned up to everything serious. Bellarmine is the youngest kid from Robert Mugabi's second marriage to Grace, and the family's no stranger to scandals, like when Grace beat a model. With an extension cord at a hotel back in 2017, but dodged court with diplomatic immunity, looks like the Mugabi name keeps stirring up trouble across borders.