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May 2023
Tusankine Saving Group (Mbalazi Simutowe Ignashi) v Joel Simwinga (2023/SD/33) [2023] ZMSUB 5 (18 May 2023)
Whether retention of savings-group funds constituted conversion and liability to repay K13,623.00 with interest.
  • Conversion of money; implied debt and restitution; subordinate court equitable jurisdiction; measure of damages for conversion; savings group funds misappropriation.
18 May 2023
People v Brewine Mulanda (3D/12/23) [2023] ZMSUB 17 (16 May 2023)
Circumstantial evidence and unrebutted possession of stolen items established burglary and theft beyond reasonable doubt.
  • Criminal law — Burglary and theft — Elements and burden of proof — Circumstantial evidence and odd coincidences as corroboration — Afterthought defence and failure to call corroborative witness.
16 May 2023
People v Goodson Sichinga (3D/18/23) [2023] ZMSUB 13 (16 May 2023)
Conviction for theft where possession, silence, and absence of a bona fide claim supported inference of dishonest intent.
  • Criminal law — Theft (s.272 Penal Code) — possession and conversion of property — intention to permanently deprive — burden of proof beyond reasonable doubt — accused’s silence and claim of right.
16 May 2023
The People v Muyembe (SSPF-022 - 2023) [2023] ZMSUB 1 (16 May 2023)
Accused convicted for pretending to be an advocate under the Legal Practitioners Act after personation not proved.
  • Criminal law — Personation vs. professional impersonation; requirement of intent to defraud under section 378 Penal Code; substitution of charge; Legal Practitioners Act s.43 — pretending to be an advocate; burden of proof and benefit of doubt to accused.
16 May 2023