A 46-year-old man of Kabwe has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour for assaulting his wife on suspicion of infidelity.
Chisamba Magistrate Litungu Litungi jailed Tamson Kasongo of Makululu Compound after finding him guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Kasongo was accused of brutally beating his 29-year-old wife, Cleopatra Mumba of Mwomboshi area in Chisamba District, on August 19, 2025.
The state presented four witnesses and two medical reports as evidence during the trial.
Despite denying the charge and claiming he only slapped his wife after seeing her emerge from a bush with another man, Magistrate Litungi ruled that the state had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.
In mitigation, Kasongo pleaded for leniency, promising not to re-offend.
The magistrate noted he was a first offender but stressed the seriousness of the offence, sentencing him to 18 months with hard labour effective from August 26, 2025, the date of his arrest.
And The Chisamba Magistrate Court has sentenced a 47-year-old man to three months imprisonment with hard labour for stealing 12 kilograms of wheat worth K200 from his employer.
Lameck Zulu, of Mwomboshi area in Chisamba District, was convicted by Magistrate Litungi Litungi after pleading guilty to one count of theft by servant, contrary to Sections 272 and 278 of the Penal Code of the Laws of Zambia.
According to court records, the offence occurred on September 23, 2025, when Zulu, employed as a caretaker at Bush Cut Farm, was caught stealing wheat from the premises.
The court heard that around 19:30 hours, a poultry worker named Lembo spotted Zulu carrying a sack of wheat on his shoulders. Lembo alerted fellow employee Austen Choombe, who in turn involved security personnel.
Zulu was intercepted, apprehended, and taken to Chisamba Police Station, where he was formally charged.
Zulu admitted to the theft and confirmed the facts as presented in court, leading to his conviction.
In mitigation, he pleaded for leniency, stating that he is married with seven school-going children, a disabled wife, and is also the sole caregiver for his widowed mother.
“I have taken into consideration that the convict is a first-time offender who readily admitted the charge, as well as his personal circumstances,” said Magistrate Litungi.
Zulu was sentenced to three months imprisonment with hard labour, effective September 25, 2025.
