The son of a former President of Zambia, Frederick Chiluba, has been sentenced to eight months imprisonment with hard labour by a Magistrates’ court in Zambia for stealing a mobile phone. Frederick Chiluba Jr was convicted of stealing a Samsung S7 edge, valued at $843, in 2017. Ex-Zambian leader’s son jailed for stealing phone: A court in #Zambia has sentenced the son of former President #FrederickChiluba to eight months imprisonment with hard labour for stealing a mobile phone. #FrederickChilubaJr was convicted of stealing a Samsung S7 edge. In 2007, he was convicted of fraud by a London court and ordered to repay $58m (£36m) in embezzled funds, but the ruling was never enforced in Zambia.

Source: Punch May 17, 2018 07:41 UTC