Samfya Magistrate Chimuka Mutafela has sentenced a 23 year old man to 78 months imprisonment with hard labour on three related charges of impersonating a public officer contrary to section 102(b) of the penal code.
And Magistrate Mutafela has also sentenced on a third count, a co accused, Lackson Mwenya 23 to nine months imprisonment and adjourned his full sentence on the first and second counts of the three slapped charges.
Passing the sentence, the magistrate said considering the mitigation of the first co-accused Kennedy Chisala, he found the duo not to be first offenders in all three counts that they had been charged with.
Magistrate Mutafela said Chisala had also been found to have breached conditions for a suspended sentence on all the three counts hence the courts conviction of Chisala on all counts.
The duo, both of Chashele Mutepuka village in Chief Kambwali’s area in Nchelenge district were brought before the courts after being arrested in Samfya on charges of making false documents in the form of identity cards as public officers contrary to section 354(a) of cap 87 of the penal code of the laws of Zambia.
In the second count the duo were charged with uttering false documents contrary to section 356(b) of cap 87 of the penal code with the third count being impersonating public officers by purporting to be Drug Enforcement(DEC) and Anti Corruption Commission(ACC) officers while on their errands in Samfya District.
ZANIS
What talent, these kids can make money by becoming actors
Am number 1 and 2
Everyone wants to survive at all cost too bad,very bad.
Ba LT , This is Fraud Ka?
Its what they call survival of the fittest, you need to use your brains in order to have some money pa Zambia, there are no jobs, what do you expect them to do. Resort to fraud., fast money.
From Samfya, this is really interesting