A 51-YEAR-OLD Briton has been murdered allegedly by his Zambian acquaintance in his house in Chipata’s Hill View after a drinking spree, Eastern Province commissioner of police Eugene Sibote has said.
Mr Sibote told journalists yesterday that Dean Lodge director Mitchell Dean was murdered between July 5 and July 6 by the suspect who uses different names.
Mr Dean’s house is located at his lodge in Chipata. Mr Sibote said Mr Dean was last seen entering his house around 21:00 hours with his Zambian acquaintance after having some drinks at a bar. “The deceased had been staying with a colleague for the past two months.
The suspect goes by the name of Humphrey and sometimes he is called Tonga Zulu,” Mr Sibote said. He said a security guard at the house found Mr Dean in a pool of blood. The security guard, whose identity has been withheld, told police that on the fateful day, someone was playing music loudly in Mr Dean’s house but that it suddenly stopped.
He said the security guard later saw the suspect driving out in a green Toyota Carina. Mr Dean was later found in a pool of blood and the body had a deep cut on the ear.
He also said some property was missing from the house. Mr Sibote said the body is lying in Chipata General Hospital mortuary.
Police have launched a manhunt for the suspect