THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has convicted and sentenced a 29-year-old woman of Chipata compound to five years simple imprisonment for assaulting her 14-year-old neighbour with a cooking stick. In this matter, Mary Phiri was charged with assault on a child Contrary to Section 248(a) of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia. Particulars of the offence alleged that Phiri, on November 21, 2024, assaulted a child under the age of 16, thereby occasioning her bodily harm. When the matter came up for allocation before Lusaka Magistrate Idah Phiri Mupemo, Monday, it was allocated to Magistrate Amy Masoja Chilangwa. When it came up for plea before Magistrate Chilangwa, Phiri admitted the charge after it was explained to her....