SAD: Lusaka Man Bags 1 Year Imprisonment With Hard Labour For Driving Under Influence Of Alcohol
The Siavonga subordinate Court has convicted a Lusaka motorist to one year imprisonment with hard labour for driving under the influence of alcohol.
According to the Warrants of Execution made available to the Road Transport and Safety Agency, the court has sentenced Steven Malupande of Lusaka to one year imprisonment with hard labour for driving under the influence of alcohol contrary to section 157 of the Road Traffic Act Number 11 of 2002.
According to press statement made available to Byta FM News by RTSAHead – Public Relations Frederick Mubanga, particulars of the offence are that Steven Malupande on 8th May 2017 did drive a motor vehicle namely a Freight Liner Truck registration number AJC 2329 and a Trailer with Registration number BAC 3739T on a public road on the Siavonga-Lusaka highway under the influence of intoxicating liquor to such an extent of being incapable of having proper control of the said vehicle.
It was established that the convicts’ alcohol concentration in the blood was at 70.5 per cent.
The Court has further ordered for the suspension of Malupande’ s Driving Licence for a period of two years pursuant to section 75 of the Road Traffic Act Number 11 of 2002.
Mubanga says to this effect, the RTSA has effected the order for the suspension of Driver’s Licence for Malupande and will remain vigilantly to enforce the law in a bid to reduce bad road user behavior on public roads.
“We hope that the move by the court will act as a deterrent measure to would-be road traffic offenders and send a strong self-control signals to all motorist not to flout road traffic regulations with impunity,” says Mubanga.