Bellarmine Mugabe 28, the youngest son of Former President of Zimbabwe has pleaded guilty of illegal gun possession and pointing it at someone.

On Friday, before the judge in a South African Court, Bellarmine Mugabe pleaded guilty of illegally living in the country.

Bellarmine Mugabe entered guilty pleas to the two charges after he was arrested in February following the shooting of a 23-year-old man at his home in Johannesburg.

He has been held in custody alongside co-accused Tobias Matonhodze, and appeared at the court in Alexandra on Friday.

Matonhodze, 33, pleaded guilty to attempted murder, defeating the ends of justice, illegal immigration and possession of ammunition.

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Magaboke Mohlatlole said that it hadn’t initially been clear who had shot the 23-year-old man but after Matonhodze admitted it was him, the charges of attempted murder against Mugabe were dropped.

Both men were arrested on 19 February after police were called to Mugabe’s home in the upmarket Johannesburg suburb of Hyde Park.

Meanwhile, the defense team proposed that Mugabe and the co-accused Motonhodze be granted suspended sentence, compensate the victim and pay for their own flight tickets back to Zimbabwe.