A man in Zimbabwe was sentenced to five years imprisonment Monday for killing his teen daughter after accusing her of having a boyfriend. The incident took place in July, 2017.

According to local reports, the victim, identified as 15-year-old Pamela Believer, was at home with her mother and two siblings when her father, identified as 42-year-old Benjamin Mpanduki, arrived home and decided to teach her a lesson for having a boyfriend.

“It is said that on July 11, 2017, Pamela Believer Mpanduki was at home with her mother and siblings when her father Benjamin Mpanduki started accusing her of having an affair with a local boy. The father started assaulting Pamela all over the body with a grinding mill belt made of rubber several times all over her body,” the prosecutor told the court, adding that the mother managed to save her daughter and took her to the bedroom.

“The following morning, the mother went to check on her daughter only to find her dead. The matter was reported to the police who attended the scene and observed injuries on her body,” the prosecutor added.

The accused, who had fled the scene, was taken into custody a few days later. He was found guilty of murdering his daughter and was sentenced to imprisonment Monday.

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Representational image of a crime scene in Uganda, East Africa. ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP/Getty Images
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