Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:44:05 +0000 By Oliver Samboko in Siavonga POLICE have been accused of taking up the role of mediation between families of victims of defilement and perpetrators, instead of ensuring that such cases are investigated and prosecuted in the courts of law. A mother whose daughter was defiled by two former Siavonga secondary school pupils complained to the Daily nation that efforts to have the perpetrators prosecuted for the crime are being hindered by insistence by named police officers to have the matter dealt with outside the Justice system. She said it was wrong for police officers to take up the role of mediators between offenders and their victims when their duty is to ensure that those who come in conflict with the law are prosecuted through the courts of law. “I have tried to have the case fully investigated and taken to court for prosecution but it’s like some people at […]
