Commando batters wife as she feared to contract sexually transmitted infection

A SOLDIER of Mushili Commando Unit in Ndola has allegedly assaulted his wife after she denied him sex.
The soldier identified as sergeant Blackson Malanga of Kalewa Garrison allegedly battered his wife, Hazel Mbewe, 29, after she refused to have sex with him.
Copperbelt commissioner of police Joyce Kasosa confirmed yesterday that police have received a report that a commando has allegedly assaulted a woman.
“We have a report at Kansenshi Police Station of a commando who assaulted his wife. A docket for assault has been opened and investigations are underway but the arrest has not yet been made,” Ms Kasosa said.
Narrating her ordeal at Kansenshi Police Station, where she was found reporting the case, Ms Mbewe said she denied her husband conjugal rights because he has allegedly been away from their matrimonial home for a month.
Ms Mbewe said she is afraid of contracting a sexually transmitted infection (STI) because she suspects that her husband has allegedly been living with another woman.
Ms Mbewe claimed Mr Malanga allegedly demanded for sex when he returned home and he beat her up when she refused.
She said Mr Malanga’s alleged cruelty forced her to move to her parents’ house in Nkwazi.
“My husband has been away from home for one month so when he returned I refused to have sex with him as a way to protect myself from contracting an STI. It is because I suspected he must have been living with another woman.
“So he got angry and started beating me up and that is how he ended up assaulting me,” she said.
Ms Mbewe said the incident happened on Sunday around 07:00 hours at their home in Kalewa Garrison.
Ms Mbewe said that she sustained body injuries and a swollen face.