A 48-year-old resident of Kongola appeared before the Katima Mulilo Magistrate on a charge of murder.

Coster Sililo Mubita was arrested in connection with the murder of Sophia Ngoshi, whose body was found along the Kongola Katima road in February this year.

After his right to legal representation was explained to him, Mubita opted to engage the services of a private lawyer, whom he would pay out of his own pocket.