A Zambian lawmaker has been sentenced to death by hanging after a court found him guilty of shooting dead a security guard.
Keith Mukata, a member of the opposition United Party for National Development, was found guilty of first degree murder by the Lusaka High Court.
Presiding judge Susan Wanjelani sentenced Mukata to death by hanging, but acquitted his girlfriend and co-accused Charmaine Musonda.
The two were both accused of killing security guard Namakau Kalila Kwenda at a law firm in the capital.
Justice Wanjelani said the fact three cartridges were found inside the gate confirms the deceased was shot by a person face to face.
Mukata’s lawyers have indicated they will appeal the sentence.
As much as Zambian laws provide for death penalties, convicts usually have their sentences commuted to life in prison instead.
Source: BBC
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they shd not waste anytime in executing the judgement be4 someone will come one day and pardon him. he who kills by with the sword MUST die by the sword. it looks like the hardship they are putting the ple true is not enough for them. how on earth shd someone pick a gun and shoot another person. thunder fire those who developed that weapon. that is the invention of a true son or daughter of the devil.
The law is a respector of person in Africa. This man can be pardoned later.
The law is not a respecter of persons.