Supreme Court of Zambia - 2015 June

11 judgments
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11 judgments
June 2015
25 June 2015
25 June 2015
24 June 2015
9 June 2015
2 June 2015
Medical corroboration and proven opportunity upheld a defilement conviction despite absence of accused’s HIV test.
  • Criminal law — Defilement — Corroboration by medical evidence (torn hymen, HIV result) — Proof of age — Identity and opportunity — Absence of accused’s HIV test not fatal to prosecution — Accused’s silence and inferences.
2 June 2015
2 June 2015
2 June 2015
2 June 2015
2 June 2015
Possession of large concealed cash may ground reasonable suspicion under s71; prosecution need not prove a predicate offence.
  • Forfeiture of Proceeds of Crime Act s71 — 'may reasonably be suspected' standard — possession plus articulable facts — no need to prove predicate offence — s71(2) defence shifts evidentiary burden (balance of probabilities) — s78 indicates lower standard for factual issues
1 June 2015