Lusaka ~ Friday, 5 August 2022
By Brightwell Chabusha
Police in Kitwe have nabbed a 27-year-old makeshift shop keeper for defiling a 15-year-old girl who is now 15-weeks pregnant for him.
Copperbelt Province Commanding officer Sharon Zulu identified the suspect as Kingsley Mwaba.
The girl involved is believed to have been a maid for Mutinta Hamwaambwa, an officer in Nkana police camp.
Ms Zulu said the victim revealed that she was pregnant last month after her employer noticed some changes in her.
“Mutinta Hamwaambwa, a police officer at Nkana East Police Camp reported on behalf of her maid aged 15 and 6 months, that she was defiled by Kingsley Mwaba of un marked house in Kitwe, a shop keeper and he made her pregnant. Brief facts are that, the reporter got the said victim from the village as she was not going to school. She got her so that she can help her looking after the children. The latter has been staying with her employer for almost one year,” she said.
“The victim was taken to the hospital after being issued with a medical report form and it was revealed that she was fifteen weeks pregnant. A Docket was opened and Arrest was made.”