3 June 2011
A former Catholic nun and two others who have been charged with giving police false information with intent to cause fear and alarm were yesterday granted bail in the Chingola magistrates’ court.
Appearing before Chingola magistrate Tamara Kakusa were Helen Lukanda, 43, a former nun and teacher at Sekela High School, Chezani Tembo, 36, of Ndola’s Peter Singongo Township, and Emmanuel Chibawa, 30, of 20, Zambia Youth Avenue in Livingstone for mention and bail hearing.
Particulars of offence were that the three between April 29 and May 14 this year jointly and whilst acting together published a rumour that Chibawa was abducted by Life Gospel Ministries Bishop Joseph Kazhila for ritual purposes, such rumour which caused fear and alarm to the public and was likely to have disturbed public peace contrary to Section 125 Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.
In the second charge, Lukanda on April 28 this year knowing that the information was false, gave it to detective Chief inspector Mwenda knowing that such information would likely cause Inspector Mwenda to act in the manner he was not supposed to have acted contrary to Section 67 of Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.
The accused persons denied the charges.
Ms Kakusa granted the accused persons cash bails of K1 million each with conditions that they should present two working sureties to pay K5 million in their own recognisance.
The matter was adjourned to June 13 this year for trial.
And Chinese nationals charged with two counts of copper theft worth more than K250 million were yesterday granted bail by the Chingola magistrates’ court.
In the first count, a director of a company Wu Zhi, 39, who was charged with theft of 109,000 kilogrammes of copper worth K252 million, was granted K10 million cash bail by Chingola resident magistrate Sililo Siloka.
Particulars of the offence were that Zhi, a director at a company on plot 383 Solwezi Road in Chingola and a resident of 283, YWCA Hotel Road in Kitwe on an unknown date between May 1 and May 27 this year while jointly working with others not known stole 109,000 kilogrammes of Copper worth K252 million, property of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM).
Zhi pleaded not guilty to the offence and his lawyer applied for bail.
Mr Siloka granted him cash bail of K10 million with conditions that he presented two working sureties who should also pay a similar amount.
He also ordered Zhi to hand over his passport to the authorities.
The matter was adjourned to June 23 for trial.
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