18 October 2012 :

In Zambia, a thirty-year-old man in Chingola was sentenced to death for the murder of his wife whom he beat up after she refused to cook nshima for him. Maron Sinkala, a house boy of Mutimpa A in Chingola was believed to have caused the death of his wife Edna Makaliki, 20, on December 29, 2011 after a fight erupted between the two. It is alleged that Sinkala beat up his wife after she refused to cook nshima for him when he came from work. In passing judgment, Judge Isaac Kamwendo said the evidence in the matter strongly connected the accused to the commission of the crime. “There is strong evidence that the accused brutally assaulted the deceased, resulting in her death,” the judge said.
He said the accused should have known that he used brutal force that resulted in the death of the victim. “I find that the prosecution has proved the case against you beyond reasonable doubt. I, therefore, find you guilty of murder and sentence you to death by hanging,” Mr Kamwendo said.