A 20 YEAR OLD Livingstone taxi driver has been sentenced by Livingstone magistrate court to nine years imprisonment with had labour for stealing from his customer that had booked the taxi from a named night club.

CHALI MULENGA Livingstone
A 20 YEAR OLD Livingstone taxi driver has been sentenced by Livingstone magistrate court to nine years imprisonment with had labour for stealing from his customer that had booked the taxi from a named night club.
This is in a case in which Shammy Mudenda, of house number G 192 Maramba Township is charged with robbery.
It is alleged that on July 22, this year, Mudenda robbed Veronica Burditt Chisi off two cell phone, purse, national registration card, four ATM cards and cash money K800 altogether valued at K2, 400.
At or immediately before or immediately after such robbery did or threatened to use actual violence to the said Chisi in order to overcome resistance to the property being stolen.
In his judgment, Livingstone Chief Resident magistrate Willie Sinyangwe said he had carefully considered the evidence that the prosecution had brought before his court.
Magistrate Sinyangwe said the prosecution had proved that the accused had indeed committed the offence.
“It is not in dispute that the phones were found in the accused person’s possession and the victim was assaulted by the convict,” he said.
He said the court has also taken into account of the mitigation by the convict.
The Chief Resident magistrate said it is the duty of the court to ensure that bad elements like him are removed from society as he is a danger.
“The offence that you have committed is very serious,  I will sentence you to nine years imprisonment with hard labour, and if you are not happy with both the conviction and sentence you have right to appeal within fourteen days,” he said.
In mitigation Mudenda said he was asking for maximum leniency from the court.
He said that he did not know what he doing when he committed the offence.
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