Two Zambian gay men caught red-handed while having sex in 2017 have been sentenced to 15 years in prison by the conservative country's court.
Japhet Chataba and Steven Samba who booked a lodge in Kapiri Mposhi community of central Zambia were arrested after a female worker alerted her colleagues after she peeped through the window and saw them having sex.
They were reportedly convicted in 2018 by Kapiri Mposhi Magistrates’ Court but they took the case to the high court. The High court judge, Charles Zulu however handed them a 15 year jail sentence after refusing to review the verdict of the lower court.
“The trial court cannot be faulted and there is no basis to review or substitute the conviction and I further find that there were no irregularities by the trial court,” Judge Zulu said, the state-owned Zambia Daily Mail newspaper quotes him as saying.
He said the defendants were convicted for “having sex against the order of nature” – the legal phrase used to describe gay sex.
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Peacefmonline, do you really have to show such images with such headlines? Can u stop adding these pictures?
Thank God such punishments are coming. Ghana should learn and do same.They should be given 200 years with one bottle of water a day.
Good news. This sentence will serve as a guide to those involved in this devilish act.
As the Angels struck them blind at the entrance of Lot's house, so should these perverts be struck with whatever we the sane have to keep them demobilised. How can 0.000000001% of the world's perverts make the rest of us incur the wrath of God?
Saa! Thank You!!!