Sat, 22 Jul 2017 13:24:50 +0000 By CHARLES MUSONDA THE case in which murder convict Precious Longwe has been charged for theft of over K200,000 from Banc ABC yesterday failed to take off because, according to the public prosecutor, the officer-in-charge at Woodlands police station had not brought the cash exhibits to court. And a suspended police reserve, who has been found with a case to answer for defamation of the President, has accused some regular officers at Chawama police of cooking up the charge against him out of vengeance. When the matter came up for continued trial yesterday, public prosecutor Aaron Sunsuluka told Lusaka Magistrate Nthandose Chabala that both the remaining witness from Banc ABC and the arresting officer were present in court but the State was not ready to proceed. “Unfortunately, we are unable to proceed due to non-availability of exhibits. I have just been informed by the arresting officer that the officer-in-charge […]
