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August 2009
Mukela v People (Appeal 11 of 2008) [2009] ZMSC 176 (11 August 2009)
Appeal against a 35‑year sentence for defilement allowed; sentence reduced to 30 years balancing gravity and mitigating factors.
  • Criminal law — Defilement of a child — Sentencing — Abuse of trust and victim’s young age as aggravating factors — First offender status, early guilty plea and age as mitigating factors — Reduction of sentence from 35 to 30 years.
11 August 2009