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March 2008
Benai Silungwe v The People (Appeal 55 of 2007) [2008] ZMSC 31 (8 March 2008)
A first offender convicted under a statute with a mandatory minimum should ordinarily receive the minimum absent extraordinary aggravating features.
  • Criminal law — Sentencing — Mandatory minimum sentence — First offender entitlement to minimum unless extraordinary aggravating features; seriousness reflected by statutory minimum; speculative danger and prevalence not sufficient aggravation.
8 March 2008
Best Mabvuto Ng'uni v The People (Appeal 19 of 2008) [2008] ZMSC 5 (8 March 2008)
Absent extraordinary aggravating features, a first offender convicted of incest should receive the statutory minimum sentence.
  • Criminal law — Incest — Sentencing — First offender — Statutory minimum sentence — Aggravating circumstances — Seriousness/prevalence not by itself sufficient to exceed minimum — Precedent requiring extraordinary features to justify higher sentence (Solomon Chilimba v The People).
8 March 2008
Stator Electrical Limited v Dunlop (Zambia) Limited (Appeal 69 of 2006) [2008] ZMSC 30 (5 March 2008)
Interim rent upheld on evidential grounds; commencement date corrected to landlord’s summons and costs shared.
  • Landlord and Tenant (Business Premises) Act s16(c) — tenant’s full-repairing obligation — effect on interim rent; interim standard rent — commencement date—landlord’s summons; valuation evidence admissibility for rent fixing; appellate review of factual findings (Nkhata test).
5 March 2008
Patrick Chaka Lungu v The People (Appeal 24 of 2008) [2008] ZMSC 32 (4 March 2008)
On appeal for child abduction sentence, the court reduced the appellant's term to the statutory minimum of seven years.
  • Criminal law — Child abduction — Sentence — Appeal against sentence — Statutory sentencing range (minimum seven years, maximum ten years) — Mitigating factor: absence of sexual intercourse — Reduction of excessive sentence.
4 March 2008