4 police officers in court for rape
By a Correspondent
FOUR police officers have appeared before a magistrate in Luangwa District for taking turns in raping a drunk teenager they apprehended for idling outside a bar at night.
Early this year, police announced the arrest of the four police enforcers in connection with rape.
The suspects were named as chief inspector Kebby Hamainde, 46, sergeant Cuthbert Monde, 46, constables Morgan Muleya, 42, and Crispin Chunda, 23.
The quartet was detained for allegedly raping a drunk 18-year-old girl they had apprehended for idling.
In a statement, the victim was raped by three of the police officers in a car parked at Luangwa Police Station, before a chief inspector took her to a lodge, where he also forced himself on her.
An indictment before the Court, the officers are jointly charged with four counts of rape.
The accused are from Luangwa Police Camp and Indeco-Luangwa.
