The Chisamba Magistrate Court has sentenced a 35-year-old man to twelve months imprisonment with hard labour for assaulting his campmate at Kapungula Gold Mine. Magistrate Litungi Litungi convicted and sentenced Jeff Londe of Kapalamoto village in chief Chamuka’s area after the accused pleaded guilty to one count of assault, contrary to Section 248 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the laws of Zambia. The particulars of the offence are that on December 19, 2025, Londe unlawfully assaulted Charles Manda of the Luano area in Chisamba, thereby occasioning actual bodily harm.
On the material day at approximately 22:00 hours, Manda was allegedly hit in the face with a piece of wood by his campmate at Kapungula Gold Mine in Chisamba district during a dispute over the scattering of the victim’s personal belongings. “On the 19thof December 2025 at about 22: 00 hours, the complainant came home and found Jeff Londe, now the accused, a known person. After he noticed his belongings were thrown all over the place, he inquired from the accused who did not give a satisfying reply,” facts read in part.
Earlier, following an inquiry, Londe allegedly attempted to hit the complainant with punches and a wooden handle but missed, causing the complainant to flee but he allegedly pursued him and assaulted him in the process. The accused fled after realising he had injured the complainant but was apprehended by the Community Crime Prevention Unit (CCPU). The court heard that the complainant, who sustained bruises on the nose and on the left forehead, reported the matter at the Chipembi Police Post and was issued with a medical report.
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Magistrate Litungi found Londe guilty as charged and convicted him accordingly, based on his guilty plea and admission of facts. During his plea for leniency, Londe expressed remorse for his offense and pledged not to commit the offence of assault again. “The punishment for assault is imprisonment for five years. However, I have taken into account that the now convict is a first offender who has readily admitted the charge,” Magistrate Litungi said as he sentenced Londe to one-year imprisonment with hard labour, effective December 30, 2025.
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