THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has found PF vice president Given Lubinda with a case to answer in a matter in which he is charged with four counts of being in possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime. Lubinda has since been placed on his defence. When the matter came up for a ruling on case or no case to answer yesterday, magistrate Stanford Ngobola said a prima facie case had been established against Lubinda and consequently placed him on his defence. “Section 206 of the Criminal Procedure Code requires that this court determines whether or not the evidence adduced has established a prima facie case against the accused. Only when a prima facie case has been laid out...

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