By NATION REPORTER
SHEBBY Chilekwa has appealed his 25-year sentence meted him for allegedly shooting to death Lawrence Banda, the UPND cadre in 2019 after he was convicted on Wednesday.
Mongu High Court Judge Charles Zulu sentenced Mr Chilekwa to 25 years imprisonment after the State entered a nolle prosequi in the matter for Mumbi Phiri, the former Patriotic Front (PF) deputy secretary general.
Mr Chilekwa’s lawyers from Makebi Zulu Advocates contend that it was unsafe to convict Chilekwa as the body of evidence presented was not credible and witnesses were not reliable.
In his appeal, Mr Chilekwa contend that the trial court erred in law and fact when it failed to consider the prosecution witnesses in cross examination that was favourable to the appellant.
Mr Chilekwa has argued that the trial court erred in law and fact when he concluded the appellant was elusive against the weight of the evidence on record.
Meanwhile Zambia Republican Party (ZRP) president Wright Musoma has said Mr Chilekwa needed to take heart because the suffering would come to an end sooner rather than later.
He said it was clear that Mr Chilekwa was being targeted because he was a close associate of former President Edgar Lungu.
