POLICE have officially charged the soldier’s wife accused of brutally assaulting hee four year old step son using a knife and stick.
Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga has confirmed that Langiwe Ngosa, 29, who was on Thursday detained in connection with assault on a child, has been charged with the subject offense.
But Mr Hamoonga said the suspect remains in custody.
The suspect has allegedly inflicting pain on her innocent four-year-old step son using a knife and whip.
The alleged brutal assault happened while the child’s father was away on duty in Zambezi district.
A heart aching video went viral on Facebook in which the visibly bruised victim was narrating to his teacher how her ‘mother’ has allegedly been beating him using different weapons.
In the clip, the child, clad in a school uniform, has fresh and dry bruises on his hand, face, back, on the stomach, and the leg while his swollen right hand is also bandaged because of an injury on the fingers.
Below is part of conversation between the teacher and the conspicuously withdrawn boy, whom told her teacher that his dad is as soldier who usually goes for work.
Teacher: “What happened here [on the bruised lower eye]?”
Child: “Its mummy, who beat[en] me”.
Teacher: “Who beat you on the [bruised] forehead?
Child: “Its mummy who beat me”.
Teacher: “Show me your [hurt] hand, what happened here?”
Child: “Mummy’s beat[en] me”.
Teacher: Is it paining”
Child: “Yes”.
Teacher: What did mummy use to hurt you?
Child: “with a knife”.
Teacher: “Where else did mummy beat you?” the teacher asked before the child showed her his wound marked stomach, back and thighs.
“Come I help you dress up my darling, teacher loves you okay?” the female teacher told the boy and hugged the child whose face, in accordance with the Child Code Act, should have ideally been hidden.
The child is currently in the custody of his uncle.
The alleged assault on the boy occurred between May 2023 and August 05, 2023, at around 12:00 hours at house number MC2A 78 Apolo Baracks in Lusaka.
Various sections of society, especially netizens, have rebuked the suspect while others continue to commend the teacher for exposing the torture and showing love to the boy, whose predicament may result in adulthood trauma
