MINISTER of Justice Given Lubinda yesterday failed to appear in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court where he was expected to testify as a victim in a case five men have been charged with allegedly assaulting him. Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale heard that Mr. Lubinda was scheduled to attend Parliament where he was expected to present the Constitutional Amend- ment Bill Number 10 of 2019. The accused persons in this matter are Mar- tin Mambwe, 38, a driver of Kalingalinga, Patrick Mubanga, 40, of Zambia Railways area behind Intercity Bus Terminus, Major Chansa, 35, of Misisi, Moses Mulenga, 35, and Goodson Mwange, 45, of John Laing, all businessmen. In count one, Mambwe is charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm. In the second count they are charged with proposing violence or breaches of the law to assemblies. When the matter came up for continued trial before Mr. Mwale, public prosecutor Stuyvesant Malambo said the State […]
Lubinda no show in court
