MAN COMPLAINS OF POLICE BEATINGSBY MAKOKWA CLARA MUYENDEKWAA 39 year old man of Namwala District has disclosed how a beating in police custody has left him bleeding in the ear and loss of hearing in some instances.Appearing before Resident Magistrate Ethel Phiri on a charge of incest contrary to section 159 (1) of the penal code chapter 87 of the laws of Zambia as read together with act number 15 of 2005 and Act No of 2 of 2011 on Tuesday in the Chomamagistrate court, the named man (name withheld) , told the court that he was beaten by police in June and has been experiencing bleeding in the ear since then.“ I went to the clinic after being beaten in June and was issued with a medical report which the police did not want to look at,” the man said.Particulars of the offence are that on an unknown date but between the month of October and March 2021 in Choma, […]
MAN COMPLAINS OF POLICE BEATINGS
