Lusaka man vanishes from court after sentencing

Lusaka man vanishes from court after sentencing

Soon after being sentenced to five years imprisonment with hard labour for illegal possession of a pangolin, a Lusaka businessman disappeared from the courtroom before he could be taken to a correctional facility.

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The incident happened last Monday after Lusaka magistrate Mutinta Mwenya jailed the now missing Isaac Nkhata, 44, and his two co-accused after being convicted of unlawful possession of protected animals.

After the verdict was passed, the three convicts were in the dock, which has an adjacent door leading to a passageway used to access the magistrate’s chambers, other courtrooms, toilets and a tunnel leading to a holding cell where suspects are kept.

But Nkhata, of Kamwala South, allegedly used the exit door in the dock to leave the courtroom and never returned.

A source, who suspects foul play, told the Daily Mail that it could have been assumed that the convict had gone to use the lavatory.

Credit: Zambia Daily Mail

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