Police arrest man who ‘sexually abused neighbour’s 3-year-old daughter’

Police in Phalombe district have arrested a 25-year-old man, Siston Mophiwa for allegedly  sexually abusing his neighbour’s daughter.

The suspects, according to police, committed the offence on Saturday morning at Mahoria village in the district.

Mophiwa is said to have taken advantage of the 3-year-old girl while her mother was at the market selling tomatoes.

”The suspect defiled her in his own house, but a certain girl saw what was happening and informed the victim’s mother who reported the matter to police,” explained National police Publicist, Rhoda
Manjolo.

Medical report confirmed that the girl was indeed defiled.

Mophiwa who hails from Likhula village, T/A Kudya, Phalombe will be charged with defilement under Section 138 (1) of the Penal Code.