A JUDICIARY Stores officer, Precious Nkunika, who was sentenced to five years for stealing a baby at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), and her mother, who was sentenced to two years for harbouring the stolen baby, have appealed to the Lusaka High Court against both the convictions and sentences. The two have also asked the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court to grant them bail pending their appeal. On Tuesday, Magistrate Chrispin Hampungani convicted and sentenced Nkunika and two UTH employees to five years simple imprisonment for child stealing. Magistrate Hampungani also sentenced Nkunika’s mother, Grace Siska, to two years simple imprisonment for harbouring the stolen child. However, Nelly Kasalo, 43, a nutrition demonstrator at the University Teaching Hospital, was acquitted of child...