Wed, 31 Jan 2018 10:25:14 +0000 By JUSTINA MULENGA THE Lusaka Magistrates Court has found Zambia Association of Musicians president, Njoya Tembo’s wife, Brenda, guilty of burning her juvenile niece with a pressing iron on her chest. The court yesterday found Brenda guilty of child assault of her niece who is a girl under the age of sixteen. When the matter came up for judgement before Magistrate Greenwell Malumani, Brenda was however not present in court as she was remanded in custody after her police bond expired. It was alleged that Brenda had been mistreating her niece and on one accession spunked her with a cooking stick on her back before burning her with a pressing iron. According to evidence from one of the state witnesses, during trial, an arresting officer, Elizabeth Nambela, testified that she decided to arrest Brenda on a charge of assault of the child after interviewing and examining the complainant in […]
