By CHARLES MUSONDAJAILED Lusaka photographer Cornelius Mulenga Tukuta, also known as Chellah, has been denied bail pending appeal in a case he was sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labour for defaming then Information minister Dora Siliya.High Court Judge Lameck Mwale, who sat Chief Resident Magistrate in the matter, yesterday dismissed Tukuta’s application for bail filed by his defence lawyer Linda Kasonde.Mr. Justice Mwale dismissed the application on grounds that the reasons that the convict had advanced were frivolous.He said he did not agree with Tukuta’s position that his appeal in the High Court has high prospects of succeeding because his conviction was well grounded.He said he did not think that Tukuta could have served a substantial part of his sentence by the time his appeal will be heard and determined.Mr. Justice Mwale said appeals no longer take long to be heard and that he is aware that appeals are heard and determined within […]
TUKUTA DENIED BAIL
