LUSAKA High Court judge Wilfred Muma has sentenced former Family Health Trust executive director Benny Zulu to death by hanging for murdering 19-year-old Natasha Mkandawire in 2019. Zulu shot dead Natasha whom he had picked from her parents’ home in Ngwerere area in Lusaka, before dumping her body in the bush in Mpandika area, Chief Mungule, Chibombo District. Delivering judgement yesterday, judge Muma said he was satisfied that the prosecution team proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused person shot the deceased. Judge Muma said a pistol was found in Zulu’s house during investigations and that he was the last person to be seen with the deceased. He said Zulu’s vehicle was found with bloodstains on the seat and a...

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