{"id":1572,"date":"2024-02-20T09:33:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T07:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/?p=1572"},"modified":"2024-02-20T09:41:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T07:41:23","slug":"the-people-vs-sibetta-sibetta-case-no-rmao-350-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/2024\/02\/20\/the-people-vs-sibetta-sibetta-case-no-rmao-350-22\/","title":{"rendered":"The People vs. Sibetta Sibetta &#8211; Case No. RMAO\/350\/22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to the first segment of our Conviction Updates series. The aim of this series is to share\u00a0recent judgments of public interest. Today, we share the legal outcome of a case involving Sibetta Sibetta, a former Assistant Immigration Officer in the Ministry of Home Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Case Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sibetta faced 117 Counts, including Forgery and Theft by Public Servant charges. He was accused of forging bank deposit slips and stealing US$165,900 between August 2014 and January 2021 in Nchelenge, Luapula Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Legal Proceedings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite pleading not guilty, Sibetta was found guilty after trial before Resident Magistrate Mbewe in Nchelenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sentencing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resident Magistrate Mbewe sentenced Sibetta to five years in prison with hard labour, with effect from December 22, 2023. The Court also ordered him to repay the stolen amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This conviction reaffirms our commitment to justice, fighting fraud, and ensuring accountability for misusing public trust. We&#8217;re dedicated to protecting public resources and upholding institutional integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Welcome to the first segment of our Conviction Updates series. The aim of this series is to share\u00a0recent judgments of public interest. Today, we share the legal outcome of a case involving Sibetta Sibetta, a former Assistant Immigration Officer in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Case Overview Sibetta faced 117 Counts, including Forgery and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-1572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conviction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1574,"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572\/revisions\/1574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1572"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=1572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}