Female accountant convicted for arson

A 31-YEAR-OLD accountant at Stone Cite has been committed to the High

Co rt for settin on re her e o ers a o nts of e.

he set the a o nts of e

ablaze after she was queried about Zambia Revenue Authority(ZRA) documents

an other a o nts etai s.

Mutinta Mulemba appeared before Resident Magistrate Malota Phiri for judgement when she was committed to

the i h Co rt for senten in .

The court heard that Mulemba was told by her employer to avail ZRA documents which could have been the reason for her to set

the roo on re.

Mulemba was thus

on i te of arson.

On February 2, 2017 in Kitwe, she willfully and n awf set re on tone Cite a o nts of e a e at , . n her efen e,

Mulemba told the court that on the fateful day she left the

of e after work an was on a erte a o t the re when

she had already reached

ho e. he sai she rea he the of e after the re ha

been quenched and tried to save documents but in the process she was burnt on her

fa e, han s an e s.

The magistrate however said he had accepted the testimony of the medical

o tor that e a’s rns

were caused by direct contact and that she could have been there from the start of the

re an that e aine wh

some of her burns were life

threatenin .

Mr Phiri said that he also accepted the evidence that

the re starte fro insi e the of e as o ose to a se ’s testi on that

it could have been caused

i htnin . he a istrate

said, therefore, that he was

satis e e on reasona e

doubt that Mulemba started

the re an o itte her to the i h Co rt for senten in .