24/11/2025
A footballer of Sinda District has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment with hard labour for killing a man he found having s*x with his wife.
Aaron Banda caught his wife having s*x in the bush with another man after disappearing from the football pitch where she was cheering his team.
Particulars of the offence are that Aaron Banda, on December 16, 2023 in Sinda District, unlawfully cause the death of Canaan Banda, aged 38.
According to facts before Chipata High Court Judge Mercy Makubalo, Banda abandoned the football match middle way after noticing that his wife was no longer among the women who were cheering his team.
“He got a bicycle and went home to check if she was there. When he reached, his daughter told him that she was still at the pitch watching soccer,” the facts read in part.
Banda started looking for his wife and later found her in the act having s*x with another man after hearing their voices from the roadside, where he was passing while searching for her.
He followed the voices in the bush and found his wife in the act with another man, whom he hit with a stick until he died.
Banda dragged his wife home and the following day, a body was discovered with bloodstains and head injuries in the bush.
Banda was later apprehended and detained in custody by the police in connection with the offence of murder.
Post-mortem examination results showed that Canan Banda died due to chest injuries and severe head injuries.
In mitigation, the convict asked for maximum leniency from the court, taking into account that he had readily admitted the charge without wasting the court’s time and resources.
He told the court that he regretted that his actions caused a loss of life and that he is remorseful.
Upon his own admission, Justice Makubalo handed Banda a four-year jail sentence while noting that it is painful for a man to catch his wife in the very act.
Justice Makubalo, however, said the convict could have manned up and found other mean