03/08/2026
Information reaching us is that a Lusaka presbytery Bishop, who was in 2023 jailed 20, years imprisonment, for defiling an 11-year-old girl, has been found NOT GUILTY.
But sadly, the former Kabwata Presbyterian Church Reverend, Allan Mchulu, who was buried in April this year, will never know that he was exonerated, or set free, since he is no more.😞
The Court of Appeal is reported to have recently reversed the 20 year jail term imposed on Reverend Mchulu, who had appealed against his conviction and sentence imposed by the lower courts.
The victim in this case was a granddaughter of Rev Muchulu's wife, who testified that the accused would defile her each time her grandmother was away from home.
But in defence, the accused, who said the girl was a pathological liar, maintained him innocence and that he was and denied the allegations and told the court that his wife's relatives framed him because of their family politics.
However, in November 2023, Lusaka magistrate Mutinta Mwenya convicted Rev Mchulu of defilement and committed him to the High Court, where a Judge sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment, a verdict he appealed against in the Court of Appeal.
But before the Court of Appeal could pass judgement in April this year, the Rev died without witnessing justice prevail in his favour.
