A BOTCHED ritual on a 14-year-old girl which caused her death has earned an evangelist of Zion Church and the victim’s father a six-year jail term each.
The suspects used methylated spirit, vinegar and fire to try and exorcise demons in Chipo Molomoka.
The clergyman, Pancho Shimangwale, 36, and Gift Siayinga, 39, father of the victim, were arrested along with four others for murdering the teenager on February 15, 2022 at Nanjuwa village in Chief Muwezwa’s area in Itezhi-Tezhi district.
Yesterday, Kabwe High Court judge-in-charge Kelvin Limbani sentenced the two when they appeared on a reduced charge of manslaughter, after earlier facing murder charges. This is contained in a report published by Zambia Daily Mail.