THE Ndola High Court has convicted a juvenile offender who forced his stepfather to drink doom after alleging that he bewitched his mother with a mental illness. In this matter, Vincent Bwalya, Charles Chali and the juvenile offender were jointly charged for murdering Charles Mwewa. Bwalya and Chali were sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour while sentencing of the juvenile awaits a report from the social welfare department. According to the evidence before court, a report by the public health analysis revealed that a chemical substance was found in Mwewa’s organs during an autopsy examination. The substance was identified as doom. The deceased’s sisters who were present at the time of the incident testified that the juvenile who...

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