A MAN of Mumbwa who was convicted and sentenced to 40 years imprisonment for defiling a six-year-old girl has been set free after the Court of Appeal declared the victim’s evidence as defective.
Gift Chipunde was convicted of defilement by the Mumbwa Subordinate Court and was subsequently committed to the High Court for sentencing.
Particulars of the offence were that on July 20, 2020, in Mumbwa, Chipunde unlawfully had carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of 16.
During trial, the child, after the court conducted a voire dire (a preliminary examination to determine the competency of a child witness), testified that Chipunde invited her to his one-room house, undressed her and had carnal knowledge of her, an act she described as ‘bad manners.
Source: Zambia Daily Mail
