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2 Kitwe Notorious JERABOS Found With Case to Answer
THE Kitwe High Court has put two members of a notorious Kitwe gang commonly known as jerabos on their defence after finding them with a case to answer for assault.
Simeon Kalobo and Geoffrey Venda were charged with aggravated robbery which was later reduced to assault, occasioning actual bodily harm.
Justice Timothy Katenekwa reduced the charge after observing that the state failed to prove a case of aggravated robbery.
“From evidence before me, the issue of money was raised later and I have doubts in my mind. I find that the state has proved a case of assault between the two accused, and I therefore put them on their defence,” Justice Katenekwa said.
This is in a matter in which Kalobo, believed to be leader of small-scale miners, and his co-accused Venda, are charged with aggravated robbery contrary to the laws of Zambia.
Particulars of the offence are that Kalobo and Venda, on August 10 this year, in Kitwe, while armed with a weapon, stole K7, 000 cash from Terry Kayamba.
During trial, Kayamba testified that on the material day, he went to the slag dump commonly known as the black mountain in the company of his friend.
He testified that whilst at the site, Kalobo and Venda came and a quarrel ensued.
Kayamba said Kalobo then hit him on his upper lip and he sustained a deep cut and he later went to the police station where he was issued with a medical report.
The court heard that the complainant went to Kitwe Central Hospital and that whilst being attended to by a doctor, Kalobo in the company of four others, dragged him outside where they stabbed him in the buttocks three times.
He said the accused then dragged him into a Toyota Land Cruiser where they continued assaulting him and robbed him of his K7,000.
The matter was later reported to the police and the two were charged and arrested for aggravated robbery.
Meanwhile, the case in which Albion Export Services country representative Costain Simamba is charged with the assault of Patriotic Front member Charity Chanda has been adjourned to allow the two to reconcile, CAROLINE KALOMBE reports in Lusaka.
In this case, Simamba is charged with assault, occasioning actual bodily harm contrary to the Laws of Zambia.
When the case came up for trial before magistrate Allen Mweene, the state said they had lined up five witnesses, but that they had received instructions from the complainant that she wished to reconcile with Simamba.
The state said the two needed time to conclude the reconciliation, hence the request for an adjournment.
And three Lusaka lawyers have dragged former Finance deputy minister Newton Ng’uni to court demanding the payment of legal fees amounting to over K2 million for representing him in a case against suspended Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mutembo Nchito.
This is according to a statement of claim filed in the Lusaka High Court, by lawyers Keith Mweemba, Gregory Phiri and Makebi Zulu.
Posted by
Hildah Malama
November 27, 2015 at 3:55 am
ZNBC News on 27th December 2017 will air the following Headlines.
Opposition PF president who is the shortest Zambia serving president Edgar Lungu has been found with a case on corruption to answer and has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour.
KOPALA FACTS
November 27, 2015 at 6:26 am
Why Dec.fast track court for him,Feb better!
TEE TEE
November 27, 2015 at 8:11 am
No need for fast track,we must strip off the immunity first of EL and by then he would be under house arrest
Jeff Jefferson
November 27, 2015 at 8:12 am
F*ck the Jerabos. Let them return the guy’s money and put them out for a long time to come. How dare they stab someone on the seat. Damn!
Mailon
November 27, 2015 at 8:32 am
But why reduce the charge to assault?And these Kalobo boys will see prison very soon they think they own Zambia.
AMASHOKO KOPALA
November 27, 2015 at 9:59 pm
MA PF CADRES CORUPTION FAMILY DIET HAND …IF U ARE PF SUPOTR U AR BLIND SUPORTER USELESS…..
kanchine
November 28, 2015 at 4:44 pm
Who is blind naimwee, yo hh has been campagining since 2006, Lungu campagined for two months (2) only and made to plot 1, do u think u have the problem?
ruth of Riverside
November 29, 2015 at 6:08 pm
Your EL won because of SATA’S name are u blind to see. WAIT FOR 2016 you will be shocked.
I come from Muchinga but I think my vote will go to HH THIS TIME. I need quality leadership. I need rule of law, where someone is afraid to commit a crime unlike now when u sing for PF you are darling even if u are a thug.
HH GO FORWARD AND CONQUER. Have an uncle who is MP from Northern Province and he also waiting to cross over soon.
Joe Chanda Bwalya
November 29, 2015 at 6:48 pm
I agree with you guys. I saw pictures for people who were beaten by PF cadres in Kitwe but never saw a picture from Nalolo. Never heard PF condemn Kitwe SAGA but were very quick to condemn NALOLO which we never saw.
I will advise all Zambians to rally behind HH, we helped Sata win this time lets give this man a chance.