Court slaps man 20-year-jail term for sex assault on step daughter
A court in Blantyre has slapped a 36-year-old step father with a 20-year jail term for notoriously defiling his step daughter.
The Senior Resident Magistrate has convicted and sentenced Chosadziwa Kudyauku for defiling the 12-year-old step daughter.
The court heard that he committed the offence three times at different places within Machinjiri in January 2021.
According to police, the convict used verbal and physical threats to defile the girl in the bush.
It is further reported that in one of the occasions the convict threatened to injure the girl with a phanga knife just to achieve his evil mission.
After being fed up the left for Mulanje to seek refuge at a relative’s place.
In Mulanje the girl revealed the matter to her mother after she was told to go back to Machinjiri to stay with the convict.
The matter was reported to South Lunzu Police which led to the convict’s arrest.
In her submission, State Prosecutor, Inspector Annes Chimenya informed the court that South Lunzu Police registers four defilement cases monthly, which is very unhealthy for proper protection of girl children.’ It is sad that most violence against children cases are committed by people charged with care and protection over children’, said the prosecutor.
The Prosecutor indicated that defilement is a felonious offence requiring stiffer punishment though the convict is a first offender.
Passing the judgement, Senior Resident Magistrate Daniels sentenced Chosadziwa Kudyauku to 20 years Imprisonment with Hard Labour.
Commenting on the sentence, the Officer In-Charge for South Lunzu Police Supt. Alexander Ngwala commended the court for giving stiffer punishment to a defilement offender.
He indicated that the sentencing has come on international women’s day, a day on which rights of women and girls are commemorated.
He has since expressed hope that such sentences will deter would-be offenders.
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Koma ndiye ndichosadziwa kudyaditu. Mpaka kumadya kamwana?
Koma Kudyauku wadya zosadya mpaka 20 yrs apa ndiye akupana mwanaga
Kudya katundu katatu…20 years ???ngozi..bola musiyeni katundu wa ana makosana idyani wa madoda
But there is one case that happened at area six where a man who works for Blantyre water board was also involved in defilement of a 12 years girl was released on bail and he is boasting around that he gave the police MK500 000 to release him. He is saying people who are convicted do not have money to buy off the court and the police.
Stupid courts. Mac Hende. A woman in dowa gets 4 years for a similar offence
Infact Castrate him!!!!