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Man Gets Life In Prison For Murdering Wife
A LUSAKA man has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of murdering his wife. Before Lusaka High Court judge Mungeni Mulenga was Isaac Zimba, who killed his wife Helen Chisenga between May 11 and 13, 2014, after he beat and kicked her several times.
Zimba pleaded not guilty to the charge but seven witnesses testified against him. According to the record, the deceased and accused’s daughter aged nine, had testified that on the fateful day, her father, whom she identified in the dock, was quarrelling with her mother Helen. The court heard that Zimba asked his daughter why she was not going to school and later demanded that his wife gives him his flash disk, a television set and shoes.
The court further heard that it was at this point that the accused started beating the wife and hit her head against the wall twice. The daughter had also testified that when her father was about to hit her mother with an iron bar, she asked him to stop.
It was also heard that neighbours came and asked the accused to stop beating his wife. The following morning, the child, together with her mother and an uncle went to her mother’s grandparents’ house and that at that time, her mother’s face was swollen and the eyes were red. The court heard that Zimba followed the trio to the grandparents’ place where he continued beating the wife by kicking and slapping her.
The child testified that her father also beat her up. The court heard also that the accused and the wife then went to George police post to report that the deceased sold a household fridge and a flash disk. Helen later died at University Teaching Hospital and a postmortem report revealed the cause of death as head injuries. But when placed on defence, Zimba testified that on the material day around 21:00 hours when he got home, he found his daughter awake and when he inquired why she was not sleeping in preparation for school the next day, she told him that her mother did not collect her school shoes from her grandmother’s place. The court heard that when Zimba asked his wife why she had not collected the shoes, she told him that he was making noise for her and that he was not a real man. Zimba further said when he asked his wife why she answered him like that, Helen stood up and started staggering like a drunk person and then slapped him and got hold of his manhood. He said he pushed her and that she fell where the fridge was.
The court also heard that Helen, the following day apologised to her husband. It was further heard that Helen then went to get her daughter’s shoes from her grandparents’ place but that she did not return. He told court that after some time, he received a call [from someone telling him that his wife] had died. But in her judgment, judge Mulenga said it was clear that Zimba had beaten his wife for a significant time on the night in issue as per evidence of her daughter. The judge said Zimba again beat up his wife the following morning when he followed her at her grandparents’ place.
She said the prosecution had discharged the burden and proved that Zimba had the requisite malice aforethought as he intended to occasion grievous harm to the wife but death instead resulted.
Judge Mulenga said the allegation that Helen was the aggressor was an afterthought on the part of Zimba and sentenced him to life in prison after finding him guilty of murder.
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Czar
October 3, 2015 at 10:49 am
Death sentence would have even been better for such.
Czar
October 3, 2015 at 10:51 am
I see no PF or UPND in this thread. Equally, I see no tribe.
New Educated Zambia©❤√
October 3, 2015 at 12:08 pm
Lungu too should get life for murdering the economy
tutu
October 3, 2015 at 1:06 pm
chikala chakwe should ave jst bin killed!! but then again,the chikala mite b tellin the truth,pantu aba bakashana banomba tuleupa baba abakakata,abasasuka,abamisalula abamilandile shabuhule buhulefye..nalitombelepo ihule limo ku chimwemwe after ukulitomba elo lya amba ukunsenka ukuti m not man enough,akabukala kachepesha elo ninshi monse mufipunda naingila balintasha..alanali chiponona kwashelefye kwepe nganali ipaya..so any man can easily endup like this chikala chakwe,so judge not
Chief of Grief
October 3, 2015 at 1:45 pm
kikikikiki boi tutu chikala ati ubukala bwachepesha lolest in dead…
Jony Tony
October 3, 2015 at 3:16 pm
Too bad that even a small difference in opinions would lead to loss of life.
Cool Voice
October 3, 2015 at 4:48 pm
Very sad developmt,i think excution z some timz necessary looking at circumstance surrouding the scenario.the man is human.
Cool Voice
October 3, 2015 at 5:23 pm
Point of correction,the man is not human.it was jst typing error
umutu bakamba
October 3, 2015 at 10:07 pm
Ya,you never know like @tutu said women can diss ifibi limolimo.sad a life was lost and no man can willingly kill his wife and you are nt suppose to hit her in the first place fool,you’ve got what you deserve idiot.
Zero 2 Hero
October 4, 2015 at 1:42 pm
With Hard lobour mwebantu napapata,that’s totally rubbish!