By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSATHE Court of Appeal has reduced a prison sentence of a 24-year-old woman who caused the death of her son due to reckless beer drinking from 12 years imprisonment with hard labour to four years simple imprisonment.On September 24,2021, the Court of Appeal sitting in Kabwe reduced the sentence of Annie Kalwa who was initially sentenced to 12 years with hard labour for a charge of manslaughter by the High Court.Facts of the offence are that Kalwa on October 11,2019, at about 15:00 hours went on a drinking spree while carrying her one-year-eight months old son on her back.She drunk a local brew called Kachasu.At around 19:00 hours, she decided to go home and on her way back while in a drunken state, she fail into a drainage as she was trying to jump over it while the son was strapped in a chitenge wrapper on her back.Upon arrival at her home, […]
RECKLESS MOM REPRIEVED , GETS SUSPENDED SENTENCE FOR BABY’S DEATH
