ZAMBIA – A business man of Choma district who was accused of assaulting his mother-in-law with a pan brick has been acquitted.

Choma Magistrate Court Principal Magistrate Idah Mupemo acquitted the accused person on grounds of inconsistency in the prosecution’s evidence.

The complainant Beauty Munkombwe told the court that the pan bricks hit her on the chest while the arresting officer testified before the court that the complainant was beaten using fists and kicks contrary to what all the witnesses said during trial.