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𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞

Summary

The Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court in Kasungu has acquitted four security guards who had been accused of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The four accused persons, Lusungu Phiri, Bomalayitana Watison, Kefeyani Banda, and Chimchere Phiri, are employed by the Community Development Institute (CDI). They were arrested on allegations that they had assaulted a man who was reportedly found uprooting trees from a hill within Mpasadzi area. The incident occurred when the four security guards were supervising a tree-planting exercise involving approximately 500 people from villages surrounding the Mpasadzi Scheme. During the exercise, Mr. Boston Phiri was allegedly seen uprooting some of the trees planted by the villagers. His actions angered members of the community, who descended on him and assaulted him. Upon noticing the situation, the security guards intervened and rescued Mr. Phiri from the mob.

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