Supreme Court · 4 December 2008

Anold Chileshe v People (APPEAL NO 98/2008; SCZ JUDGMENT NO. 40 OF 2008) [2008] ZMSC 171 (4 December 2008)

Conviction quashed where Juveniles Act requires corroboration of identity and trial court misdirected itself on uncorroborated child evidence. Flynote Criminal law — Defilement — Child of tender years — Corroboration required as to identity under proviso to Section 122(1) Juveniles Act — Pregnancy corroborates commission but not identity — Duty to warn on uncorroborated evidence — Miscarriage of justice where motive to falsely implicate exists. Read full summary

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