This case deals with conviction of an accused person on purely indirect evidence (Circumstantial Evidence) without any eye witness present at the scene of the crime .

The Brief facts of this Appeal Case before the Supreme Court of Zambia is that Patrick Sakala was convicted for the offence of murder pursuant to Section 200 of the Penal Code. Patrick Sakala had murdered a four year old boy after the boy's mother had refused the advancement made by Patrick Sakala.

The issue for determination was whether or not Patrick Sakala had actually killed the boy keeping in mind that the were no eye witness or actual medical report submitted and other circumstances that may have caused the death had not been ruled out .