Sat, 11 Feb 2017 09:59:26 +0000 PRECIOUS Longwe said she shot her husband Lubinda Akakanda Litebele because she feared for her life when he charged at her. Longwe said she did not throw away the gun after the first shot because she was afraid that her husband would strangle and kill her when he charged at her neck. Longwe yesterday closed her defence with two witnesses who included her father, Alfonso Longwe, 53, who told court that his son-in-law, Litebele called them (Precious’s parents) between 01-03 in the morning of 25th May, 2016 to complain that Precious was not yet home from a party they attended together. Mr Longwe explained that it was against their Chewa tradition that an in-law could call at such an awkward hour particularly over a marital dispute. He told the court that his daughter and Litebele had received traditional pre-marriage counselling and he was surprised that the son-in-law did […]
