Zambia: Suspected Killer Put On Defence

A FIFTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Kapiri Mposhi polygamist appearing in court for allegedly murdering his wife says she took a poisonous substance in protest against his decision to spend a night at the younger wife's home the previous night.

Opening his defence before Kabwe High Court Judge-in-Charge Eddie Sikazwe, Gift Hamasaka denied killing his wife and insisted that his wife took a poisonous substance called Phoskil used to spray maize.

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