By CHINTU MALAMBOA JUVENILE who was convicted for murdering his friend at JCS bar last year has pleaded with Lusaka High Court to give him a suspended sentence as he fears turning into a hardcore criminal in case he is sent to a reformatory.Meanwhile, a radiologist from the University Teaching Hospital Veronica Sichizya gave the court the convict’s age determination report to the affect that he was between the age of 18 and 25 years.On April 6, 2019 the juvenile murdered Sebastian Lungu 20 of Mtendere East by stabbing him in the neck with a piece of broken bottle during a drinking spree at JCS night club at around 21 hours in Lusaka’s Longacres area after a fight.During trial, the State called five witnesses who testified against the juvenile.In defence, the juvenile denied killing his friend and claimed that he could not remember what happened on the material date because he blacked out.Judge Ennesie Banda-Bobo […]
Convicted juvenile pleads for suspended sentence
