24- year- old man gets two weeks...

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🇿🇼 Published: 01 March 2026
📘 Source: Lusaka Times

he Kasama Magistrate Court has sentenced a 24-year-old man of Lwimbo Village in Chief Mwamba’s Chiefdom in Kasama District to two weeks community service for criminal trespass. George Chituta was convicted after he was found walking on the runway at Kasama Airport.Chituta, who appeared before Magistrate Willie Banda, was facing one count of criminal trespass.The offence is contrary to Section 306(a) of the Penal Code, Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.Particulars of the offence were that on January 26, 2026, around 10:30 hours, Tamira Ngoma, a security officer at Kasama Airport, spotted a man later identified as Chituta walking on the runway.The accused was stopped and questioned about his presence on the runway but failed to give a satisfactory explanation.He was apprehended and handed over to Kasama Airport Police Station.During court appearance, Chituta pleaded guilty to the charge.In mitigation, Chituta pleaded for leniency, stating that he keeps his grandmother and mother and he is the only male they depend on.Magistrate Banda sentenced him to two weeks community service within the court premises, warning that failure to comply would result in imprisonment. George Chituta was convicted after he was found walking on the runway at Kasama Airport.

Chituta, who appeared before Magistrate Willie Banda, was facing one count of criminal trespass.The offence is contrary to Section 306(a) of the Penal Code, Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.Particulars of the offence were that on January 26, 2026, around 10:30 hours, Tamira Ngoma, a security officer at Kasama Airport, spotted a man later identified as Chituta walking on the runway.The accused was stopped and questioned about his presence on the runway but failed to give a satisfactory explanation.He was apprehended and handed over to Kasama Airport Police Station.During court appearance, Chituta pleaded guilty to the charge.In mitigation, Chituta pleaded for leniency, stating that he keeps his grandmother and mother and he is the only male they depend on.Magistrate Banda sentenced him to two weeks community service within the court premises, warning that failure to comply would result in imprisonment. Chituta, who appeared before Magistrate Willie Banda, was facing one count of criminal trespass. The offence is contrary to Section 306(a) of the Penal Code, Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.Particulars of the offence were that on January 26, 2026, around 10:30 hours, Tamira Ngoma, a security officer at Kasama Airport, spotted a man later identified as Chituta walking on the runway.The accused was stopped and questioned about his presence on the runway but failed to give a satisfactory explanation.He was apprehended and handed over to Kasama Airport Police Station.During court appearance, Chituta pleaded guilty to the charge.In mitigation, Chituta pleaded for leniency, stating that he keeps his grandmother and mother and he is the only male they depend on.Magistrate Banda sentenced him to two weeks community service within the court premises, warning that failure to comply would result in imprisonment.

The offence is contrary to Section 306(a) of the Penal Code, Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia. Particulars of the offence were that on January 26, 2026, around 10:30 hours, Tamira Ngoma, a security officer at Kasama Airport, spotted a man later identified as Chituta walking on the runway.The accused was stopped and questioned about his presence on the runway but failed to give a satisfactory explanation.He was apprehended and handed over to Kasama Airport Police Station.During court appearance, Chituta pleaded guilty to the charge.In mitigation, Chituta pleaded for leniency, stating that he keeps his grandmother and mother and he is the only male they depend on.Magistrate Banda sentenced him to two weeks community service within the court premises, warning that failure to comply would result in imprisonment. Particulars of the offence were that on January 26, 2026, around 10:30 hours, Tamira Ngoma, a security officer at Kasama Airport, spotted a man later identified as Chituta walking on the runway.

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The accused was stopped and questioned about his presence on the runway but failed to give a satisfactory explanation.He was apprehended and handed over to Kasama Airport Police Station.During court appearance, Chituta pleaded guilty to the charge.In mitigation, Chituta pleaded for leniency, stating that he keeps his grandmother and mother and he is the only male they depend on.Magistrate Banda sentenced him to two weeks community service within the court premises, warning that failure to comply would result in imprisonment. The accused was stopped and questioned about his presence on the runway but failed to give a satisfactory explanation. He was apprehended and handed over to Kasama Airport Police Station.During court appearance, Chituta pleaded guilty to the charge.In mitigation, Chituta pleaded for leniency, stating that he keeps his grandmother and mother and he is the only male they depend on.Magistrate Banda sentenced him to two weeks community service within the court premises, warning that failure to comply would result in imprisonment.

He was apprehended and handed over to Kasama Airport Police Station. During court appearance, Chituta pleaded guilty to the charge.In mitigation, Chituta pleaded for leniency, stating that he keeps his grandmother and mother and he is the only male they depend on.Magistrate Banda sentenced him to two weeks community service within the court premises, warning that failure to comply would result in imprisonment.

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