{"id":2806,"date":"2024-06-19T17:26:18","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T15:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/?p=2806"},"modified":"2024-06-19T17:26:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T15:26:23","slug":"the-people-vs-kk-hr-40-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/2024\/06\/19\/the-people-vs-kk-hr-40-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"THE PEOPLE vs. KK (HR\/40\/2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Case Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KK, a child in conflict with the law, was arraigned on one count of murder in 2022. Following a court-ordered age assessment, it was determined that he was a juvenile, and a plea bargain reduced the charge to manslaughter. He was accused of unlawfully causing the death of nine-year-old GL after allegedly defiling her and striking her on the head with a stone when she threatened to report him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Legal Proceedings:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KK appeared before the High Court for Zambia&#8217;s Children&#8217;s Division in Mansa, presided over by Honorable Justice E.P. Sunkutu. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter, contrary to Section 199 of the Penal Code, Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sentencing:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court, bound by law to handle the child offender appropriately, ordered K\u2019s detention at Katombora Reformatory Centre until he turns 19. The court also ordered K\u2019s parents to pay a fine of K10,000 within 14 days from June 12, 2024, or serve six months&#8217; simple imprisonment in default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This outcome reaffirms the Authority&#8217;s commitment to justice and combating criminality, regardless of the perpetrator&#8217;s age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Case Overview: KK, a child in conflict with the law, was arraigned on one count of murder in 2022. Following a court-ordered age assessment, it was determined that he was a juvenile, and a plea bargain reduced the charge to manslaughter. He was accused of unlawfully causing the death of nine-year-old GL after allegedly defiling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-2806","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\/2806","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2807,"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806\/revisions\/2807"}],"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=2806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2806"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=2806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}