Ruthless murderer who killed 9 women in Kabwe and Ndola to appear in court next week
A 53-year-old self confessed serial killer who allegedly raped and killed nine women will next week appear in the Ndola High Court to answer offences of Murder, Aggravated Robbery and Rape.
Mr Joseph Chiteta, an inmate at Mukobeko maximum security correctional facility, allegedly raped and murdered the said women in Kabwe and Ndola last year.
Mr Chiteta confessed having murdered the women after he was arrested and led police to the scenes of crime on the Copperbelt.
He will now appear next week in the Ndola High Court for summary trial.
In count one, Chiteta is charged with Aggravated Robbery which happened in Luanshya district and he is in count two charged with Rape which happened in the same area.
In count three, he is charged with Aggravated Robbery and he is charged with murder in count four who happened in the same district.
Chiteta has been cause listed in the criminal session in the Ndola High Court to be held before lady Justice Yvonne Chembe starting Monday, March 14th.
While in a correctional facility in Kabwe but taking advantage of his special stage inmate status, he confessed to having gruesomely killed eight to nine women he lured into his trap.
Chiteta was serving a 20-year jail term at Kabwe Medium Correctional Facility for aggravated robbery.
He escaped from the correctional facility on April 7, this year apparently after catching wind that police were closing in on him over cases of women who had gone missing.
His whereabouts were unknown for some lengthy period after his seepage from incarceration until May 23, 2020 when he was arrested in Ndola for suspected murder and aggravated robbery.