Lusaka based musician, Cliford Dimba, popularly known as ‘General’ Kanene has appealed to the Supreme Court against both his conviction and 18-year jail sentence for defilement.
Dimba, 27, was on Friday slapped with a jail sentence of 18 years with hard labour by Lusaka high court judge, Chalwe Mchenga for defiling a 14-year-old girl.
Mr Justice Mchenga sentenced Dimba after he confirmed his conviction by Lusaka magistrate Rodgers Kaoma who found him guilty of the offence.
He stated that Dimba’s defilement of the girl was premeditated, an action which resulted in him having unlawful carnal knowledge of the girl under the age of 16.
But Dimba has through one of his defence lawyers, Nicholas Chanda appealed against the conviction and sentence saying both Mr Justice Mchenga and Mr Kaoma erred in law and fact when they convicted and later sentenced his client.
Mr Chanda said it was wrong for the court to convict his client in an event that there was a lacuna of evidence in terms of lack of birth record of the girl.
“The learned trial magistrate in the court below as confirmed by the sentencing court both erred in law and fact when they convicted and later on confirmed the offence of defilement on the ground that there was a lacuna of evidence in terms of lack of birth record of the prosecution and/or failure to adduce in Magnetic Image Renaissance(RMI scan),” Mr Chanda stated.
He said that the court should not have sentenced Dimba on the basis that there was an enrolment register produced to court by the girl’s parents when it should have been the school authorities who should have done so.
Dimba of house number B/02 Msisi Township was charged with the defilement of the girl on January 31, 2012.
He was convicted by Mr Kaoma on February 4, 2014 after he was found guilty of the offence.
Too sad for Gen Kanene, am not supporting him but Govt should do something about these ill dressed girl going about suducing men at least some detterrent measure especially where there is consent. GOD bless Zambia
Its not to let kanene mwaiche.bapondo tunakwana
Good idea it was not fair
WATEVER ONE DOES AS A NEGATIVE EFFECT IN LIFE
The sentence will be upheld even by the supreme court. Check this one out
What he needs is the Mwembeshi shani shani bakalemutwala kumaDimba
chris; what’s your comment on those men who defile babies in napkins. I have a feeling that gen kanene’s may be increased. My complaint to the bench is to equally punish the women who defile our boys. To my surprise when a boy is defiled it’s common to see that it doen’t receive as much media coverage.
The Judge didn’t like his music….
No Birth certificate if you were born in the village.
The supreme court will increase the sentence from 18yrs to his 26yrs of birth +15yrs of birth for the girl =41yrs imprisonment. I’m not saying it’s good for Kanene to surfer,I mean our Zambian incompetent judges will perform their incompetence twice.High court & supreme judges are just the same.
Ka sapato ka yellow na tuma shoeless twa Ledi. Check this outu.
Yes check this ouuto
Ichi chi neighbour chioneca monga ni chimufana,’ansi chiIinayo.
From 18 years to 27 now.
Cheeeeck this ouuuuuuuto!!!!!
defilement under age…..how about the child she is mothering? how old was she when she had the first child?