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: The common cause facts resulting in the arraignment of the accused are that, on the 28th of March 2024 on the night of the murder, the accused visited the crime scene, Dandy 59 Mine, Kadoma, where the key State witness and his wife resided. He arrived after the deceased, Calisto Mutami, and his two friends had already arrived at this residence. The owner of the residence, Ntonio Yotamu, knew both the accused and the deceased, as both were artisanal miners at Inezdale Village. Yotamu was the holder of some mining rights, and his mining compound was his home and... More

The deceased Malunga aged twenty-seven years suffered one of the most vicious, atrocious and brutal deaths at the hands of the accused person and two of his accomplices now at large. His most pivotal vital organs the heart and the lungs were lacerated. More

A terminally ill juvenile aged 18 years was arrested and charged for contravening section 89(4)C of the Postal and Telecommunications Act Chapter 12:05, alternatively, section 10 of the Copper Control Act Chapter 14:12, that is found in possession of copper wires without a license. Both statutory offences carry a specified mandatory prison term with the latter a ten- year automatic custodial sentence. He was convicted of the alternative charge and acquitted on the main after tendering a guilty plea. The trial court found no special circumstances and sentence him to an effective ten- year mandatory sentence. More

On the 23rd of March 2024 and at Delacia B1 Shops, Chikari, the accused aged only 21 years stabbed the deceased one Norest Shambare with an okapi knife on the neck. The deceased later died from the injuries. The accused was arrested and charged with murder. He denied the charge and raised self-defence. More

The State accepted the limited plea to culpable homicide tendered by the accused on the charge of murder preferred against him. More