A LUSAKA housewife has been sentenced to 12 months simple imprisonment for beating her husband after he refused to give her money for school fees, books and other necessities for the children.It is alleged that on December 5, 2022, Elizabeth Sialanga assaulted her husband White Siakwelele using a hammer thereby causing bodily harm.It is also alleged that on the same date, Sialanga had approached Siakwelele and made a request for the school fees, and money to buy books and uniforms but it made him get upset and they started arguing.“It was the request I made for the school fees which made him get upset and it was my first time doing such and I will never do it again,’’ she pleaded.She submitted Siakwalele got upset and engaged into an argument which landed the couple into a fight and Sialanga got a hammer and hit her husband on the eye.Sialanga pleaded guilty to one count of […]
Woman goes in for 12 months for hammering husband
