Magistrate Masoja Mbewe sentenced Chibemba, 26, of both Kafue and Chibombo districts to jail after he admitted the offence of assault. She said cases of Gender Based Violence GBV were on an increase and the courts had a duty to impose such sentences to act as deterrents. Chibemba was facing one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm on June 26, last year, at a night club in Kafue. The convict immediately went into hiding after the video in which he was seen assaulting the victim went viral on social media.
He was only arrested on Tuesday and appeared in court yesterday, where he pleaded guilty to the charge. Police spokesperson Esther Katongo said Chibemba was nabbed after a tip-off from members of the public. How can you protect such a thug just because he is your boyfriend?
This is quite fast by this emotional judge, but why are male judges taking long to sentence women thugs, who are chopping off their husbands dangling bling bling and running over them with cars.
Victims of abuse are usually so brainwashed. I hope she is healed mentally by the time ChiChi sees the other side of that 5 year sentence so that she finally sees him for what he is, a monster!
This was fast because he admitted the charge and there was no trial. But if he had pleaded not guilty the case was to go for trial which takes forever due to the incompetence of the police prosecutors. And i m sure if it had gone to trial, the police would have lost. Without that and without her testimony, no case.
