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A Zambian police officer, reportedly inebriated, launched 13 detainees on New 12 months’s Eve to mark the celebration, sparking a manhunt for the escapees.
In line with the BBC, Inspector Titus Phiri allegedly took cell keys from Constable Serah Banda at Leonard Cheelo Police Station in Lusaka earlier than liberating people held for crimes comparable to assault, theft, and housebreaking.
Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga narrated the incident, stating, “In a state of intoxication, [Phiri] forcibly seized cell keys… unlocked each the female and male cells, and instructed the suspects to depart, stating they have been free to cross over into the brand new 12 months.”
13 of the 15 detainees escaped following the discharge, whereas Phiri himself fled the station.
The officer has but to reply to the allegations.
This uncommon incident brings again recollections of the same episode in 1997 when the late Excessive Court docket Choose Kabazo Chanda ordered the discharge of 53 detainees.
Choose Chanda had criticized the extended detention of suspects, a few of whom had been held since 1992, with out trial.
On the time, he famously declared, “Justice delayed is justice denied.”
Reacting to the current improvement, lawyer and former presidential spokesperson Dickson Jere shared his ideas on Fb, writing, “I maintain laughing every time I image the situation – comical! However then, I remembered the same incident in 1997.”
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