Kisasa murder suspects appear in court
By a Correspondent
NINE residents of Kisasa area of Kalumbila District in North-western Province suspected of killing Hellen Kamutumbe appeared in the Solwezi magistrate’s court for explanation of the charge on Monday.
The nine, who include a 17-year-old grade 10 female pupil, appeared before Solwezi principal resident magistrate Mambwe Mukonde.
Particulars of the offence are that the nine jointly and whilst acting together murdered Kamutumbe on March, 20, in Kisasa area of Kalumbila district.
The nine are 24-year-old Prince Ntambu, a trade development representative, a 17-year-old female grade ten pupil, Brian Bulaya aged 39, a peasant farmer, 42-year-old Alex Kaumba, a motorbike rider and Sharon Chishing’a aged 20, a marketeer, all of the Kisasa area.
Others are 36-year-old Shadreck Kyanguba, a dump truck operator of Solwezi’s Kyawama compound, Hendrix Mutondo aged 28, of Kamitondo compound in Kitwe, Jonathan Sawendeli, a peasant farmer aged 26 of Lwakela area in Ikelenge district and 25-year-old Paul Luwaya, a businessman of Kisasa area.
A public prosecutor from the National Prosecutions Authority (NPA) informed the court that the office was yet to receive instructions from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and applied that the matter be moved to April, 27 for mention.
“Your honour, the matter is coming for explanation of the charge and the accused are before this court. Your honour, we have not received instructions from the Director of Public Prosecutions and I therefore request that the matter comes back for mention on 27th April,” the prosecutor said.
Magistrate Mukonde granted the application and adjourned the matter, saying the nine will remain in custody.
On March 20, 46-year-old Hellen Kamutumbe, a businesswoman of Chingola district in Copperbelt Province, was killed by a mob in Kisasa area on allegations that she had mysteriously caused the disappearance of a young man’s private parts.
