A court in neighboring Zambia has sentenced a woman to spend five years in prison for allegedly stoning neighbor’s 5-year-old son.
Madrine Numwa was arrested last year after the boy’s mother Caroline Mumba, 35 a resident of the same area reported the case to police.
According to Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga said on the material day, the boy and his friends were playing outside Numwa’s house while lighting fireworks.
She explained Numwa threw a stone at the children which hit the victim on the forehead and sustained a deep cut.
After months on trial, Namuwa was convicted today and sentenced to five years imprisonment with hard labour.
