Lawyer seeks compensation for mental torture
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka A LAWYER is seeking compensation for mental torture, stress and anguish after law enforcers detained him and his children for two hours and 25 minutes for driving…
Convent school ex-headteacher jailed over K200,000
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka HANDSMAID Girls Convent School former headteacher Patricia Chanda and her sister, Ireen, have been jailed six months for obtaining over K200,000 by false pretences. Patricia, 45, and…
Emmanuel Mwamba sureties released after paying K50,000 each
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka MUFULIRA Member of Parliament (MP) Golden Mwila and his Musanzala counterpart, Elias Daka, were yesterday briefly detained and later released after paying K50,000 each. They forfeited a…
‘Sick’ Nawakwi fails to appear in court
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka FORUM for Democracy and Development (FDD) president Edith Nawakwi has again failed to appear in court in a case where she is charged with abduction, due to…
Headteacher imprisoned 8months over cheque
PRISCILLA CHIPULU Ndola CHIWALA Secondary School headteacher Obed Silavwe has been sentenced to eight months imprisonment for issuing three cheques worth over K50,000 on an insufficiently funded bank account. The…
Car dealer, miner jailed 6 years over 200kg lion bones
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka A CAR dealer and a miner have been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment with hard labour for a crime very unrelated to their trades – wildlife theft.…
Pule unable to stand trial because of leg injury
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka CHRISTIAN Democratic Party (CDP) president Daniel Pule failed to stand trial yesterday in a case he is charged with seditious practice because he has a leg injury.…
Miles Sampa goes to court over PF office-bearers
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka PATRIOTIC Front (PF) faction president Miles Sampa has gone to court seeking a greenlight to challenge the chief registrar of societies’ decision to allegedly amend the list…
Zamcab driver told to pay sister-in-law K3,000
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka A MAN of Lusaka’s Misisi who earns a living operating a wheelbarrow has been ordered to pay K3,000 to his sister-in-law as compensation for hitting her with…
Lying wife spotted holding hands with another man
CHRISTINE CHIHAME Lusaka A MAN aged 31 could not control his emotions when he narrated in the Matero Local Court how he spotted his wife of 10 years romantically holding…