A 28-year-old Zambian woman who is a beer addict has been slapped with two years imprisonment for allegedly slicing her husband’s forehead with a machete as she was coming from drinking spree.
Facts before Court as presented by Public Prosecutor Catherine Sakala are that on 22nd November, 2018 Njobvu found her husband fast asleep around 03:00 Hours when she came from a drinking spree.
The victim was only rescued by neighbors after they heard his shouts for help.
But in her explanation Njobvu told Court that the husband never left food Home and In mitigation she asked the Court to exercise lenience as she looks after her ill father.
She has since sentenced Njobvu to two years simple imprisonment in order to send a right signal to would be Gender based Violence offenders.
