The Katima Mulilo Magistrate's Court sentenced Nzundamo Kabala to an effective 21 years in prison after he was found guilty on two of six charges.

Kabala was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the murder of Falali Mahoto and 5 years in prison for the attempted murder of his former girlfriend and the deceased's cousin, Kahimbi Mahoto.

According to the charge sheet, Kabala was at the Bezi bar along the Zambezi River when he allegedly began assaulting his long-term girlfriend Kahimbi, despite the efforts of her cousin Falali to stop him.