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The Mazabuka Magistrates’ Court in Zambia has fined a 38-year-old man of Kabobola compound for knocking out the front tooth of his best friend over nshima (thick porridge).
Harrison Banda was charged with assault occasioning bodily harm, contrary to Section 248 Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.
Facts before court are that, on November 28, 2022, Banda assaulted Saviour Mulenga, aged 52, for asking him why he had not left nshima for him.
Banda is said to have punched Mulenga on the lips, causing one of his front teeth to fall off.
In delivering the judgement, magistrate Pasmall Mweetwa, fined Banda K700. He could, alternatively, serve a nine-month prison term.
The court further ordered Banda to pay the victim K1 500 compensation. – Wires
Police break into gallery to rescue ‘unconscious’ woman
Police broke down the doors of a London art gallery to save a woman slumped unconscious over a table, only to discover she was made of packing tape and foam filler.
The lifeless woman they had been trying to save was, in fact, an art installation titled “Kristina”, which is on display at the London gallery.
The work was commissioned by Steve Lazarides, Banksy’s former agent and the dealer behind Laz Emporium.
Mr Lazarides said:
“Hannah, who was working in the gallery that day, had just locked up and gone upstairs to make a cup of tea.
“She came down to find the door off its hinges and two confused police officers!”
London’s Metropolitan Police were responding to a call about a “person in distress” at the gallery in the evening of November 25.
“Officers forced entry to the address, where they uncovered that the person was, in fact, a mannequin,” a police spokesperson told Artnet News.
The installation features a woman wearing trainers and a yellow hoody slumped face forward in a bowl of soup, her long blonde hair concealing her face.
The realistic sculpture is by American artist Mark Jenkins and is based on Mr Lazarides’ sister.
This is apparently not the first time the installation, which sits in the gallery window, has caused trouble.
In October, paramedics were called to assist the “woman”, Artnet News reported. – SkyNews
Nurse stops children from going to school to prepare for Heaven
A FORTY-YEAR-OLD nurse, of Katete district in Eastern province, Zambia, believes the world is soon coming to an end and has since withdrawn her three children from school to orient them on life in Heaven.
Although the Bible says no one knows when the world will end, Cecilia Phiri, a dedicated Catholic, somehow got spiritual leakage through reading the Bible and listening to prophecies, as well as sermons, at her parish.
Since she wants her loved ones close when she enters the land of endless joy and peace, Phiri withdrew her three children from school last February to teach and prepare them for a life in Heaven.
However, Phiri’s family is concerned about the plight of her children and are using the courts of law to try and compel her to get them back into earthly classes.
Her brother, Juvancio Phiri, had asked the court to grant him foster care of the three children. – Wires.
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter