Tue, 31 Oct 2017 10:18:29 +0000 By Charles Musonda AN arresting officer was yesterday forced to manually count K50, 000 of the K200, 000 murder convict Precious Longwe allegedly stole from Banc ABC, her then employer, after a money counting machine became faulty. The Lusaka Magistrates’ court seven went dead silent as everyone keenly watched the officer Sunday Bwali count the money in K100 notes. After finishing counting the first of the four bunches, public prosecutor Aron Ntuntuluka asked Mr. Bwali to try the machine again and this time around it worked accordingly, enabling the witness to count the cash smoothly. Mr. Bwali said before Magistrate Nthandose Chabala that after Longwe shot dead her husband Akakanda Lubinda Litebele, he went to the couple’s home in Woodlands to look for extensive murder evidence by conducting a thorough search in the house. Evidence before court showed that Longwe allegedly stole the money a day before she killed […]
