SDA MASTER GUIDE ACCUSED OF RAPE JAILED
THE Seventh-Day Adventist Master Guide who is in court for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old has been jailed for contempt of court in another court case where he was a surety.
When the defilement case was called yesterday before magistrate Kawama Mwamfuli, a prosecutor informed the court that the accused, Collins Chikwangala, 40, was not present.
The prosecutor told the court that Chikwangala, who is on police bond, is serving a contempt of court jail term at Kamwala Remand Centre.
“I am reliably informed that he is in custody in Kamwala,” the prosecutor said.
Magistrate Mwamfuli consequently adjourned the matter to February 20, 2024 for continuation of trial for the defilement case.
Chikwangala is alleged to have defiled the victim in June this year.
At the time of the alleged crime, the child’s mother was out with her church mates at a church event.
It is alleged that the accused used the absence of the child’s mother and purportedly told her that her mother had left with him some parcel which he needed to give.
The victim allegedly accompanied Chikwangala to his home where he stays with his parents.
But on arrival, the accused allegedly asked the victim to go inside the house where he allegedly grabbed and dragged inside and defiled her.
Chikwangala allegedly warned the victim that should she tell anyone about what he did to her, he would kill her and her entire family.
Mwebantu