By Mulenga MusondaThe Choma Fast Track Court for Gender Based Violence has slapped a Choma man with 6 months imprisonment term for beating up his ex-wife because she couldn’t allow him to sleep at her place.Principal Resident Magistrate Idah Mupemo found it incumbent that Western Chimbalanga sees the walls of a prison cell for his animalistic behavior of whipping his defenseless ex-wife with a belt without shame.In this matter Chimbalanga appeared before court charged with ‘Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm’ contrary to section 248 chapter 87 of the penal code of the laws of Zambia.Particulars of the offence are that Chimbalanga on June 3, 2021 assaulted Divine Siambale and thereby occasioning her actual bodily harm.When he appeared for plea before Court, the accused person willingly admitted to whipping his ex-wife for denying him access to her bedroom.According to the facts on record, the accused person visited the complainant who happens to be his ex-wife and […]
CHOMA MAN JAILED FOR BEATING EX-WIFE
