A 42 year old man of Kabobola Compound in Mazabuka has been jailed to one year imprisonment for biting off the lower Lip of his friend.
Byta FM Court Beat Journalist reports that this is in a matter where, Chester Chinkuli stood charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm contrary to Section to 248 Chapters 87 of the Laws of Zambia.
Particulars of the offense are that on 14th September, 2022, Chester Chinkuli did assault Moses Mwale.
Facts before court that on 14th September, 2022, Chinkuli and Mwale met at a bar and a verbal confrontation arose.
The complainant pushed the accused who fell down and when he got up, Chinkuli held Mwale by the n@ck and bite him off the lower lip to an extent of coming off.
In delivering the judgement, Magistrate Pasmall Mweetwa sentenced Chinkuli to one year imprisonment with hard labour effective from the day of arrest.
This is contained in a report published by Byta FM.