A 63-year-old Mangwe man tied a rope around his 86-year-old father’s neck before attempting to kill him during a dispute over food.
Gerald Ndlovu dragged his father Bernard Ndlovu and attempted to hang him last year after he gave him a small portion of food on Christmas Day.
Plumtree magistrate Mr Livard Philimoni ordered that the accused person be examined by two doctors to ascertain his mental state in terms of the Mental Health Act before his trial.