Soldier drags sisters to court over family property dispute
CATHERINE NAULUTA Lusaka A DISPUTE over family properties has led a 50-year-old soldier of Lusaka West to drag his two older sisters to court. David Banda alleged that his sisters…
Charms, forced sex and emotional abuse lead to divorce
CHRISTINE CHIHAME, CATHERINE NAULUTA Lusaka A WOMAN testified in the Matero local court that her husband forced her to have sex throughout the night, even when she was menstruating. Vyness…
Divorced man secretly visits ex-wife’s home to eat despite remarrying
CHRISTINE CHIHAME Lusaka THE Matero Local Court has heard how four months after divorcing his wife, a man has secretly been going back to her house to eat despite having…
Woman, 41, jailed 18 yrs for defiling boy
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka A 41-YEAR-OLD woman of Lusaka’s Chibolya has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a nine-year-old boy on three occasions in exchange for…
7 acquitted of stoning to death ‘wizard’ relative
MAYENGO NYIRENDA Chipata SEVEN family members of Petauke accused of murdering their relative on witchcraft suspicions have been acquitted by the Chipata High Court because the evidence from witnesses could…
Kampyongo’s wife denied bail again
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka THE Economic and Financial Crimes Court (EFCC) has for the second time refused to grant bail pending appeal to former Minister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo’s wife,…
Cops counter woman over removal of hijab in cells
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka POLICE have submitted in court that investigations revealed that the practising Muslim Zambian who sued the State after she was asked to remove her hijab in detention…
Man sentenced to hang for killing wife given retrial
PRISCILLA CHIPULU Ndola THE Court of Appeal has ordered a retrial in the case of a 48-year-old man of Siavonga sentenced to death for allegedly murdering his wife after axing…
JCC on firm ground
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka THE State has urged the Constitutional Court to dismiss the petition linked to the removal of three of its judges, who “grossly misconducted” themselves. It has submitted…
Stardy Mwale forfeits $2.5m farm
CHOMBA MUSIKA Lusaka THE Economic and Financial Crimes Court (EFCC) has ordered the forfeiture of former Ministry of Defence Permanent Secretary Stardy Mwale’s US$2.5 million farm to the State because…