A LAWYER representing Lusaka businessman Shadreck Kasanda has told News Diggers that his client has been slapped with another charge of aggravated robbery. Kasanda is jointly charged with five others who include Lusaka businessman Jim Belemu with a charge of Espionage in relation to the fake gold scam involving US$5.7 million at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (KKIA). Initially, Kasanda was jointly charged with businessman Oswald Diangamo and five Egyptians who were removed from the case after the Director of Public Prosecution entered a nolle prosequi against them. In an interview, Kasanda’s lawyer Makebi Zulu said only Kasanda had been charged with aggravated robbery. “Yes, they have, he was charged sometime last week. Obviously, it’s a cooked up charge. It’s...

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