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Kitwe man gets 3 years for killing mother

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The Kitwe High Court has sent to jail a 32-year-old man to three years imprisonment with hard labour for killing his mother who was in a habit of seducing him.

High Court jJudge Judith Mulongoti sent Tiza Nkhoma of B5 Mindolo Township to jail for killing his mother, Elizabeth Nkhoma on May 18 last year.

Nkhoma was earlier charged with murder but the court acquitted him and instead convicted him of manslaughter because there were extenuating circumstances that led to the offence.

In her judgment, Ms Justice Mulongoti said based on the facts and evidence before her, she was inclined to find that the accused was provoked to an extent that he lost his self-control.

She said a reasonable man in the same situation as the accused found himself would have reacted the same way, and that on the totality of the evidence, the defence of provocation succeeded.

According to the evidence in court, the deceased was in the habit of undressing herself before her son and enticing him to have sex with her.

On the fateful day, the deceased undressed herself thrice and made her son beat her up so that she could stop her bad habits.

The deceased was later found in a pool of blood and taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.

The court heard that after beating his mother, Nkhoma locked himself in the bathroom where he wept and was later apprehended and taken to a police station.

He explained to the police that his mother’s behaviour hurt him and that he thought she wanted to bewitch him because of her actions.

Nkhoma told the court that he did not intend to kill his mother and asked for forgiveness because he was angry.

In another court, a 72-year-old farmer was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for defiling a 13-year-old girl.

High Court judge Isaac Kamwendo sent to jail Nickson Mwansa, who was caught defiling the girl.
[ Times of Zambia ]

21 COMMENTS

  1. May the good Lord Jesus have mercy on him. Also let’s pray this evil principality of perversion trying to engulf Zambia. I rebuke it in Jesus name.

  2. “nickson Mwansa” The proof is in the name. If it’s not goats or chickens they are defiling it’s little children. Something has to be done about the southern and Northern province now.

  3. Shame shame…surely accusing the innocent woman of such actions when she is not there to defend herself. Where is the evidence that she used to undress. Really that’s why Zambia will never develop. There is no single person that tells the ruth, everyone just lies from the heard of state to a street vender. What a nation!

  4. This judgement is messed up.How do u send a guy who killed his own mother to jail just for three months.In about a year and a half he will be parolled.If the mother was seducing him he should have simply moved out.At 32 what was he still doing staying with his mom.This murderer should have hanged!

  5. # 3 and # 4, perhaps you dont understand this truth. I happen to be near these people and what used to happen you cant like it. The man did not intend to kill his mother but because of the mother’s behavour made him thought he is stoping her by beating but unfortunately it happenet like that and am sure even for the judge to reduce it like that she understand and maybe she knews also what was going on. Kitwe is a small city and any one can easily get such news even before it finally get to worse.Its bad, very bad that life was lost and by staying with her there is no harm. Unless you dont want to look after your parents then you can say it like that. He loved to stay with every one but unfortunate things happen like that. I feel sorry for the man and for the late mother coz God is only…

  6. #6: Kitwe is not a ‘small’ city (unless u explain what u really mean by ‘small’), and NO, not any one ‘can easily get such news’ of what is happening around the shanty ccomponds of the town.

    Whether or not the late woman was misbehaving, this guy is a murder and deserves maximum sentence.

  7. #7, unless you have some hardship of understanding measures on murder and manslaughter. On small city i meant on the way news flys off in kitwe. Most of us get things faster before you see them on the paper. The way we are connected we have taken this place to be small. Unless you are not in dot com world, and for your infor, the world is also becoming a small village because of the tech things dear. Good day

  8. This is a very sad story.. How can a Mother do such a thing? Where is this world going? this is very unfortunate but this is not to say that What the young man did was correct because Murder is Murder whatever the circumstance.. He deserves to be in jail for a long time and this is a wake up call for those who might think of doing the same.. let me not say much coz i do not know the full story..

  9. These are stories too shameful to read.How can a biological parent behave in such a manner?As human being,we have turned ourselves into animals that use instincts.These are the last days which are prophesied in the holy book.A mother stripping herself before her own child,it is uncalled for.If there is a person who should be respected,it is a parent.God equates parents to be second to Him.Now,if a parent cannot respect himself or herself,that godship should be removed from him/her.It is so amazing that a parent can stalk her own son to sleep with her.What a shameful and disgusting news!That mother will burn in lake of fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

  10. #3 anne. your statement “everyone just lies from the heard of state to a street vender” is amusing.
    I still can’t believe this man 100%, maybe 20%. A genuine guy could have confided in some people who could have endeavoured to overhaul her mom’s evil disposition. Is what he did all that he could ‘ve done about it? He could be right, but I doubt him. To me, he is a murderer! Out of desperation to get rich & excel in life, some young men are capable of doing unimaginable vices.

  11. He should go for psychological review! His mother has caused him mental disorder and jail will make him worse! 32 pa bond yashani???

  12. The issue of his mother doing what and what or wanting what and what was an after thought for this killer who had been spending time in the divil’s workshop

  13. # 6 uliwabufi.
    I stay in Kitwe and I am hearing about this story on LT.We rarely tend to hear wat happens in the shanty compounds unless it is reported in the papers.Nomba iwe where did u first hear this story from?
    This man is a murderer period and sending him to jail for three years is a joke.Who else was at home when all this was happening.A single 32 year old man staying with his mum and no else at home thats utter nonsence.

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