By SYLVIA MWEETWA –

THREE girls aged between 15 and 12  years old have  allegedly  been defiled  by a  56-year-old man of Kawama Township in Kabwe.
Meanwhile, police have apprehended three people for allegedly planting a dead python at Prospect Police officer-in-charge Cosmas Banda’s house last  month.
Central Province Police Chief Lombe  Kamukoshi said  the  girls,  all of  Maipambe  Township, were  defiled  by the  suspect identified  as  Isaiah Sakala on Saturday around  12:00 hours.
Sakala is said to be related to the girls and that they often visited his home. It is suspected that it was during one of these visits that he defiled them.
Ms  Kamukoshi said the three were briefly admitted  to  hospital  for  medical  examinations, while the  suspect was  apprehended and remanded in custody.She said investigations have been launched to establish how he defiled  the children before  formally charging him.
“I can confirm that we are  holding a man of  Kawama  Township  for  allegedly  defiling three girls and investigations have  been launched  to establish  what  exactly happened,” she said.
Police  have also picked up three members of staff  from  Paglory Training College in  Kabwe to assist  in investigating  the  incident in which a  two-metre  dead  snake  was  found at the police officer’s  home  in Chowa  police camp two weeks ago.
Residents of Kabwe’s Chowa Police Camp on the morning of March 22, awoke to a rude shock after a two-metre dead python was found outside one of the houses.
Mr Banda and his family found the snake dumped by his gate with a K500 old note tied around it.
As word swept through Kabwe town, hundreds of curious residents trooped to the house to catch a glimpse of serpent that also had white beads on its belly and human hair on its mouth.
Ms Kamukoshi said  she had  not  received a  report by on the apprehension but sources  said  the  three,  who have  been detained at Kabwe  police  station, comprise  two men and  a woman.