| Maid Held Over Child’s Death A Maid from Lilanda Township was on August 13, 1999 arrested and
charged with murder of a three month old baby.
The juvenile who was working for Caesar Changwe of Kabwata
told Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) lawyer Geoffrey Mulenga she was picked up from her
home on the said date.
She was detained at Kabwata Police Station before being
taken to the surbodinate court for committal to the Lusaka High Court.
According to the juvenile, the baby’s death was
accidental and occurred on August 6, 1999. She said she noticed blood coming out of the
baby’s nose. The police are stil investigating on the facts.
Insted of taking the child to the hospital or to the
parents, she rushed him to the grandmother in Northmead who telephoned the father of the
child to inform him.
Changwe, the grandmother and maid rushed the child to the
hospital. But on arrival, the child was pronounced dead.
On August 13, last year, Kabwata Police Station
officer-in-charge Mwashaboya arrested the juvenile and charged her with murder.
The case is being heard in the Lusaka High Court by Justice
Gregory Phiri.LRF lawyer Geoffrey Mulenga is representing the juvenile. |
