By CHARLES MUSONDA A ZAMBIA Air Force officer has been jailed six years for assaulting her 11-year-old niece by burning her with hot kitchen utensils and boiling water.Lusaka Magistrate Nthandose Chabala yesterday jailed Lieutenant Mildred Luwaile, 33, of ZAF Twin Palm, who was charged with assaulting her sister’s daughter between March 25 and April 11, 2019.Ms. Chabala said she had taken into account that Luwaile is a first offender but that the offence she committed was serious and for her to reform and deter would-be offenders she must serve six years in prison.She said the offence carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years imprisonment.She found that the girl, who was initially living with her biological mother in Mpongwe before moving in with Luwaile in 2017, already had an injury on her knee when she ran away from the accused person’s and that the latter never took her to hospital.Ms. Chabala also found that the […]
Sadist ZAF officer jailed for burning niece
