By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSAIMPRISONED Lusaka photographer Cornelius Mulenga, alias Chellah Tukuta, has appealed to the Lusaka High Court to grant him bail pending appeal against the two years sentence with hard labour.Tukuta’s appeal for bail to the Lusaka High Court came barely 24 hours after High Court Judge Lameck Mwale, who sat as Chief Resident Magistrate in the matter, dismissed his application for bail filed by defence lawyer Linda Kasonde.Mr. Justice Mwale dismissed the application on grounds that the reasons that Tukuta had advanced were frivolous.He did not agree with Tukuta’s position that his appeal in the High Court has high prospects of succeeding because his conviction was well grounded.Mr Justice Mwale sentenced Tukuta to 24 months imprisonment with hard labour for alleging that former Information Minister Dora Siliya is a prostitute who sells young girls to high profile men.Tukuta, who is serving his sentence at Lusaka Remand Facility in his affidavit in support of […]
NOW TUKUTA CRIES TO HIGH COURT FOR BAIL
