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Missing Judgement Goes Missing, Justice Delayed
KITWE High Court judge Catherine Makungu has explained that it has taken long to pass sentence on a man of Kitwe convicted of incest in 2011 because the judgment is missing.
In this case, Frank Sinyangwe was charged and convicted of incest after he had sex with his daughter.
When the matter came up for sentencing on Monday, Mrs Justice Makungu noted that Sinyangwe’s case is very old.
When asked if the lower court gave him a copy of the judgment, Sinyangwe responded that he was not given any copy.
Sinyangwe, however, confirmed that he was tried and convicted of the subject offence and that judgment was delivered in July 2011.
Mrs Justice Makungu adjourned the case to March 16 this year for sentencing.
In another case, Mrs Justice Makungu told a man convicted of attempted rape that his record of judgment had just been found.
Nason Banda was charged and convicted of attempted rape in 2012, but was not sentenced because the record of proceedings had been misplaced.
“This is a 2012 case but we have been searching for the record and judgment. We finally got a copy of the judgment,” Mrs Justice Makungu said.
She adjourned the case to March 17 for sentencing.
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on March 6, 2015. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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KAPOWELA WAMU P*U*S*S*Y
March 6, 2015 at 11:51 am
yaakosa boi
new educated Zambia
March 6, 2015 at 11:59 am
Mune this is the incompetentence of the pf government. The lack of capacity building and adequate manpower is what leads to such carelessness. Surely how does a court lose records of judgement. We in the UPND will ensure we overhaul the whole system from paper based to electronic system to keep up in line with the current global trends. Precedence is an important part of law and we cannot afford to lose judgements. Vote upnd
Hope 4 Better.
March 6, 2015 at 1:12 pm
Courts need to consider employing new technology and start keeping electronic copies.
New Educated Zambia
March 6, 2015 at 1:17 pm
Just vote forward mune. We will move the country forward. Of course electronic copies are vital in this day and time. However, we will also keep up with a backup paper system as this is also vital in a legal setting. We need to be able to integret both systems so that if should one fail then we can rely on the other. I mean jsut look at the situation at the immigration office and ministry of lands. There is poor systems there which leaves a lot to be desired. The UPND knows how best to tackle these issues
KINGO
March 6, 2015 at 5:41 pm
Mrs. Justice Makungu,,,my friend, wait for a 25 years sentence. ‘She does not play this mother’. Tangala mayo uyu.