Mon, 29 Jan 2018 17:17:31 +0000 By CHINTU MALAMBO THE saga surrounding suspected gruesome ritual killings that rocked Lusaka’s George and Zingalume compounds in 2016 will on January 30 go into a trial within a trial in respect of the first accused Lucky Siame. This is in a matter in which two soldiers and two civilians face seven counts of murders. The suspects are Siame, 46, a soldier of Lilanda Military Camp, Lewis Chishimba, a traditional healer of Lusaka West, Christopher Kasapo, an Office Assistant at the Zambia Air Force (ZAF) of Zingalume, and Elvis Nyanga, a soldier of Kandundu in Solwezi. In the last hearing, Detective Chief Inspector Mutakatala Mwiya, the arresting officer in the matter, testified before High Court Judge Florence Lengalenga that he discovered a horror video on one of the accused’s cell phone showing human beings being murdered by way of removing their hearts, ears and male organs. Detective Mwiya told […]
Court orders trial-within-a trial in ritual killings case
