A married Zambian man has d!ed in his girlfriend’s house after he lied to his wife that he was going to do some piecework at a field with his friend.
The incident happened in Sinda District on Sunday, April 12, 2026.
Eastern Province Police commanding officer, Robertson Mweemba, who confirmed the incident on Monday, told journalists that 50-year-old Julius Mwale had on Saturday around 07:00 hours left his home and told his wife, Tasila Tembo, that he was going to do some piecework at a farm with his friend, Gezani Banda; however, he went to his girlfriend’s house.
Banda reported to police that Mwale was discovered dead in a sitting position at his girlfriend Anna’s house around 02:00 in the morning.
Mweemba said that at around 18:00 hours, Mwale and Banda went to a female identified as Anna’s residence to drink locally brewed beer known as Kachasu, where two other individuals later joined them, adding that they first had nshima before buying four 175ml bottles of Kachasu beer and began drinking.
The Eastern Province Police Chief said that before Mwale and Banda consumed the beer they had bought, his girlfriend allegedly gave “score beer” to his friend, which he reportedly took alone.
The officer said after drinking, Mwale’s friends left while he remained behind, telling them he needed to sleep over at Anna’s house so he could help guard her maize harvest.
When interviewed by police, the deceased’s girlfriend, Anna, said she heard a loud snore around 02:00 hours and, upon attempting to wake him, discovered he was unresponsive.
Mweemba added that she then went to alert the village headman, who informed the deceased’s relatives before reporting the matter to the police, noting that officers who visited the scene found the deceased in a sitting position.
The body of the deceased was picked up and deposited at St. Francis Hospital mortuary, where it awaits a postmortem to determine the actual cause of death.
