THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has convicted and sentenced a judiciary stores officer, Precious Nkunika and two UTH employees to five years simple imprisonment for child stealing. The court has also sentenced Nkunika’s mother, Grace Siska, to two years simple imprisonment for harbouring the child. However, Nelly Kasalo, 43, a nutrition demonstrator at the University Teaching Hospital, has been acquitted of child stealing charges due to insufficient evidence. In this matter, Nkunika, Emilly Hall, Rebecca Mkandawire, a maid at UTH, and Nelly Kasalo, a nutrition demonstrator at UTH, all of Lusaka, were charged with one count of child stealing. It was alleged that on May 7, 2022, in Lusaka, the four, jointly and whilst acting together with other persons unknown, with...

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