Trainee cop angers magistrate

A KITWE magistrate has expressed displeasure over a trainee police officer who forged a grade certificates when enrolling for training.

Senior Resident Magistrate, swald wansa Chibalo, said it was wrong for a law enforcer to forge his certificate adding that it was the reason why many police officers were a problem.

He said this in a case in ol ing with a year old, incent asole, who enrolled at amfinsa chool of ublic Order and Maintenance using a forged grade 12 school certificate.

law enforcer changing his certificate maybe this is why some police officers are a problem when you stand at a chec point all you ust see s because of such short cuts, r Chibalo said.

asole was in court for continuation of trial but he applied to have his plea changed and admitted forgery and uttering a falsified document.

n arch this year, Masole denied forging and uttering a grade 12 school certificate and trail had commenced with two of his trainers testifying that he had confessed to them about using a grade certificate that belonged to his friend amson achemba.

owe er, asole changed his plea to that of guilty.

hen as ed how far he had gone with his secondary education, Masole said he wrote his grade e amination but did not perform well.

He added that he did not ha e money to re write the examination and decided to forge so that he could find employment.

n the first count, asole between eptember and ebruary this year in itwe asole forged a grade school certificate e amination number , purporting to show that it was duly issued by amination Council of Zambia when in fact not.

n count two on ebruary this year, asole fraudulently uttered the grade school certificate purporting to show that it was genuine when in fact not.

he matter come up today for written facts and possible sentencing.