A 59-YEAR-OLD man accused of defiling his 12-year-old daughter has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that his “evil” family framed him for a crime he did not commit. And Teddy Simwanza told the court that in 2021, his half-brother, a senior accountant at Ministry of Finance went to his house with K5 million, allegedly gotten from Ndozo lodge owner Chrint Sichamba, requesting that he keeps it for him. Simwanza, a pastor at a named church, told the court that his brother John Sichande informed him that the money had been collected from cadres and given to him by Sichamba. Simwanza is facing one count of incest. He is alleged to have had carnal knowledge of a child below the age...

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