Kasanda espionage case to be heard in camera
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka LUSAKA High Court has directed that the case in which Shadreck Kasanda and four others are charged with espionage should be heard in camera in the interest…
Facebook pictures expose married man’s love affair
MARY LEMBA Ndola A WOMAN of Ndola has narrated how she was shocked to see pictures of her husband romantically posing with another woman on his Facebook page after telling…
Sisters guilty of mocking woman’s barrenness
GILCHRIST MUSOLO Lusaka TWO Sisters of Desai Township were ordered by Matero Local Court to pay K1,500 each to a woman they insulted for celebrating the arrest of the son…
I was fired over UPND links, says ex-ERB CEO
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka FORMER Energy Regulation Board (ERB) chief executive officer Butler Sitali has told a magistrate that his contract was terminated on allegations that he was a United Party…
Ndola man gets 6 years for assault
PRISCILLA CHIPULU Ndola A 23-YEAR-OLD man has been sentenced to six years imprisonment with hard labour for assaulting another man using a taser gun. Kebby Mwelwa, an unemployed resident of…
Sleepwalker
Witch-doctor jailed one year to ‘sleep-walk’
CATHERINE BWALYA Choma AFTER causing commotion at Choma Magistrates Court by escaping from lawful custody, a 42-year-old witchdoctor accused of raping his 17-year-old patient now claims to have an ‘illness’…
Commander II acquittal: State seeks High Court opinion
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka THE State wants Lusaka High Court to give an opinion regarding a magistrate’s decision to acquit Francis Muchemwa, alias commander II, and his companies on three out…
Traditional healer jailed for stealing 11 cows in Katete
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka TO SEND a grave warning against cattle rustlers, a traditional healer has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing 11 cows worth about…
Man sheds tears over wife’s adultery
CHRISTINE CHIHAME Lusaka A MAN of Lusaka aged 53 shed tears when he narrated before Matero Local Court how his wife got married to another man while she was still…
Man guilty of breaching marriage contract
MARY LEMBA Ndola A NDOLA woman has dragged her Congolese fiancé to court over breach of marriage contract. Sylvia Kapitolo, 48, a resident of Kabushi Extension Township, said her fiancé,…