Former national boxing heavyweight champion Joseph Chingangu has pleaded not guilty to two counts of theft from a motor vehicle and Assault Occasioning actual bodily harm in Lusaka magistrate court
In the first count , Chingangu on May 7th, 2018 in Lusaka district is alleged to have stolen two suitcases containing clothes altogether valued at K1,440 , from a motor vehicle namely Toyota Noah registration number ABX 8294, property of Majory Mvula.
In the second count on the same date, Chingangu is accused of assaulting Ken Nkosa thereby occasioning him actual bodily harm.
But when the matter came up for plea before Magistrate Felix Kauma, the boxer denied all the charges.
Commencement of trial has been set for 23rd May,2018.