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July 13, 2014 - 0 Comments

By SYLVIA MWEETWA- THE High Court has sentenced a 44-year-old farmer of Kabwe to 35 years imprisonment with hard labour after convicting him of defiling a minor in the graveyard. Kabwe High Court Judge Elita...

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July 9, 2014 - 0 Comments

By SYLVIA MWEETWA- A THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD Kabwe soldier has been sentenced to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of murdering his wife over a cellular phone text message she had received. Passing judgment, Ms Justice...

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July 8, 2014 - 0 Comments

By SYLVIA MWEETWA- A TWENTY SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Chibombo farmer who admitted indecently assaulting his four-year-old step daughter has been jailed for 20 years. In passing  sentence  Kabwe High Court  Judge, Ms Justice Elita Mwikisa said it...

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July 6, 2014 - 0 Comments

TWO teenage pupils in Kabwe have been found guilty by the Kabwe High Court of killing a 32-year-old woman in November 2012. The pupils aged 16 and 18 sexually assaulted and murdered Anna Chabala on...

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June 29, 2014 - 0 Comments

By MAYA NTANDA- THE Kitwe High Court has upheld the conviction of a Ndola-based pastor who was sent to jail for obtaining money by false pretences when he pretended to own a nursing school. High...

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June 28, 2014 - 0 Comments

By SARAH TEMBO- A MAN of Lusaka’s Chazanga Township has been ordered to go for DNA tests within eight weeks to ascertain the paternity of a four-year-old baby he has refused to support. Gift Mukututu,...

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June 28, 2014 - 0 Comments

By SARAH TEMBO- A LOCALcourt in Lusaka has heard how a man of Chazanga Township married a second wife to prove his potency to his niggling first wife. Lupenga Miti told the Matero local court...

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June 25, 2014 - 0 Comments

By JAMES KUNDA- THE Mpika magistrate’s court has convicted and jailed four people for illegal timber possession. Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) spokesperson Irene Chipili said the four were charged for disturbance and unlawful possession...

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June 25, 2014 - 0 Comments

By CHATULA KAMPO- A TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD woman of Lusaka has appeared in court and pleaded guilty to two counts of house breaking and theft. Sylvia Kalumba of House Number 24, Kaunda Square Township in Lusaka admitted...

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June 25, 2014 - 0 Comments

By KASONDE KASONDE- KABWE High Court judge in-charge, Mwiinde Siavwapa has sentenced a man of Kapiri Mposhi District to death by hanging for brutally killing his sister-in-law. Particulars of the offence are that Lesley Mutale...

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