15 December 2020 :
A Ndola woman who murdered her boyfriend, Jeremiah Mbawa, a gym instructor at Solwezi’s Floriana Lodge in December 2019, by burning him with petrol, has been sentenced to death, the Zambian Observer reported on 11 December 2020.
Mirriam Chilosha, who was charged with murder in the first count and arson in the second, was angered after she discovered that her boyfriend had engaged another woman.
After burning Jeremiah, Mirrìam ran away and boarded a bus to head back to Ndola but she was arrested.
When the matter came up for sentencing, Judge Pengele sentenced Mirrìam to death.