THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 27-year-old builder to two years imprisonment with hard labour for attempting to rape a 30-year-old married woman. The incident is said to have occurred after the 27-year-old man escorted the victim to the police to report her husband after a difference. Mathews Mtonga was facing one count of attempted rape, a charge he denied. Particulars of the offence in the matter were that on August 23, 2022, Mtonga attempted to rape a 30-year-old woman without her consent. When the matter came up sentencing, Monday, magistrate Idah Phiri convicted Mtonga after finding that he was directly linked to the offence. “The evidence before me is collaborating and the accused is directly linked to the...