THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has convicted and sentenced a man of Westwood area to nine months imprisonment for assaulting his wife after he saw her greeting a stranger. In this matter, Bright Manyepa was facing one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. When the matter came up for plea before Magistrate Mutinta Mwenya, Manyepa admitted the charge after it was read out to him. According to the facts presented by the state prosecutor, Manyepa beat up his wife after he saw her greeting a stranger. “On November 11, 2024, the complainant went to do her business within Nchelekelo farms around 14:00 hours. She carried her child. On her way, she met a man she didn’t know who greeted her...

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