Wed, 13 Dec 2017 12:05:32 +0000 By Charles Musonda NO prima facie case has been established against our client and therefore he should be set free, lawyers representing Lusaka businessman Sikasula Mwanakatwe have asked the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court. This is in a case where Mwanakatwe, 45, has been charged for one count of idle and disorderly persons contrary to section 178 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia. It is alleged that on June 28, 2017 in Lusaka, Mwanakatwe jointly and whilst acting together with others unknown publicly conducted themselves in a manner likely to cause the breach of peace. Mwanakatwe was slapped with the charge after he was accused of writing the ‘Free HH’ graffiti on toilet doors and walls at Government complex. Making oral submissions after the State closed its case yesterday, one of the lawyers Maimbo Haimbe said in view of evidence from four prosecution witnesses, all of […]
