Married man dies in his side chick’s house after leaving home for ‘work’

A married Zambian man has d!ed in his girlfriend’s house after he lied to the wife that he was going to do some pieceworks at some field with his friend.

The incident happened in Sinda District of Eastern Province 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 the wife, Tasila Tembo that he was going to do some pieceworks at a certain farm with his friend, Gezani Banda, however, he went to his girlfriend’s house.

Banda reported to Police that Mwale was discovered d3ad, in a sitting position at his girlfriend, Anna’s house around 02:00 in the morning. 

“At around 18:00hrs, they both went to female Anna’s residence to drink locally brewed beer known as Kachasu. When they reached there, two others joined them. They first had nshima and later bought 4 x 175 mls of Kachasu beer and started drinking,” the police officer said.

The Eastern Province Police Chief says before Mwale, and Banda drunk alcohol they had bought, his girlfriend reportedly gave “score beer” to his friend, which he is said to have taken alone. 

The officer said after drinking beer, the deceased’s friends left while he remained, 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 told authorities that she only heard a loud snore around 02:00 hours in the morning, and that when she attempted to wake the boyfriend, he was not responding.

“It is at this point that she went to awaken the village headman who later informed his relatives and later reported to the Police. The police officers visited the scene and further reported to have found the deceased in a sitting position,” Mweemba added. 

The body of the deceased was picked up and deposited into St. Francis Hospital Mortuary where it now awaits postmortem aimed at ascertaining the actual cause of death.