By LUCY PHIRI
A 22-YEAR-OLD woman of Kitwe who allegedly killed her two-year-old son by suffocating him with a pillow has appeared at the Lusaka Magistrate Court.
Musowe Maeke is charged with one count of murder contrary to section 200 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia
Maeke appeared before Lusaka magistrate Kawama Mwamfulu.
However, state prosecutor Lewis Loti made an application to have the indictment substituted.
“May the matter come up tomorrow October 11, 2022 for substitution of the indictment in readiness for committal,” he said
It is alleged that Maeke stayed at a lodge in Lusaka’s Kamwala South for three days after being chased by her sister.
Her sister had given Maeke transport money to go back to Kitwe.
It is also alleged that the accused opted to stay in Lusaka at a lodge for three days before she killed her son after she failed to provide food for him and herself.
It is also alleged that the suspect later took her child to her elder sister and told her that she had killed him because she had nothing to feed him.
The elder sister with relatives then rushed to Chilenje Hospital where the toddler was pronounced dead by medical personnel upon arrival.
It is alleged that Maeke on August 13, 2022 in Lusaka with other persons unknown did murder the child under the age of 16.
The court has adjourned the matter to 11, October 2022 for explanation of the charge.
