Lusaka ~ Tue, 27 Jul 2021
By Brightwell Chabusha
Photographer Chellah Tukuta, the man jailed for defamation of Ms Dora Siliya and whom UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema praised as a freedom fighter, has been denied bail by the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court.
Chellah applied for bail pending appeal of his two-year sentence slapped on him by the magistrates’ court.
But Judge Lameck Mwale, who sat as a magistrate, has refused to grant Tukuta bail on grounds that the appeal against the two-year sentence slapped on him may not succeed because the grounds on which he was jailed are strong.
He also said it was not true that Tukuta will serve a substantial part of the sentence if not released on bail.
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