FIVE juveniles aged between 15 and 18 have allegedly escaped from the Peter Singongo Correctional Facility in Ndola District. In a statement, Thursday, Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba said the escapees made an opening in the wall by removing some pan bricks using a toothbrush and two cut iron angle bars. Mweemba added that the juveniles were arrested for offences of defilement, murder and housebreaking. “I wish to inform your office that today, Thursday, the 14th day of November, 2024 at 05:00 hours, the district through Ndola Central Police Station received the above subject matter from Mr Edwin Shinama, Assistant Superintendent aged 54, the Deputy Officer In-charge at Peter Singongo Correctional Facility that the following five juvenile offenders aged between...

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