An abducted child of Asian extract has been found just days after he was taken away from Mpingwe in Blantyre and police have arrested seven people including the master minder, the son in-law of the father of the five-year-old boy. Tahil Shail was abducted on December 11 and the abductors were demanding ransom from the […]
Malawi police in Blantyre have rescued a girl with albinism Linda Mazanjo, 21 who was abducted on Thursday last week in the district. The girl was reported missing on July 26 and police found her in house at Bvumbwe Trading Centre in Thyolo, fit and well, Chilenga police officer-in-charge Chrissy Mwale said. Mwale said Mazanjo […]
The Zomba Magistrate’s Court has slapped 44 year-old Jafali Ligomba with a 21 years jail term for abducting with intent to murder a 4 year-old boy with albinism. Ligomba, who was convicted and sentenced last Friday, contravened Section 261 of the Penal Code. According to Eastern Region Prosecution Officer Senior Superintendent Dickens Mwambazi, the convict […]
Liwonde First Grade Magistrate Court on Saturday convicted and sentenced a 27 year – old transporter, Frank Namanja, to six years imprisonment with hard labour for abducting a six year – old girl which is contrary to section 78 (1) of Child Care, Protection And Justice Act. Machinga Police Public Relations Officer, Constable Davie Sulumba confirmed […]
Until the night of November 20, 2017, Mangochi had not experienced any serious attacks on persons with albinism, according to Mangochi Police Station and the district’s Social Welfare records. The few related cases that had been there were of individuals being caught in possession of human bones suspected to have been exhumed from graves of […]
Victor Mtuwa, a Liwonde herbalist at the centre of controversy over the missing of a 21-year-old school Faith Kasiya girl last week, has been arrested and is facing charges of abduction. Malawi Police said Mtuwa, 50 whose house at Mawira location in Liwonde was torched and property worth K80 million including the house destroyed was […]
The First Grade Magistrate’s Court in Mangochi has convicted and sentenced a 29 year–old man, Vweya Kaunda to serve a five year jail term for abducting a five year old boy contrary to section 78 (1) of childcare, protection and justice Act. Police Prosecutor, Sub–Inspector Liston Sabola told the court that on May 7, 2016 […]
Malawi Police in Kasungu have arrested a 21 year old man for abducting a secondary school girl, locked her in in a room for five hours whilst repeatedly sexually abusing her. Kasungu police station publicist Edna Mzingwitsa said Chikwamao Mambo abducted the 17 year old girl around 8:30 Sunday evening as she was coming from […]
Malawi Police at Nkhunga Station in Nkhotakota are keeping in custody a Malawian movie actor Aaron Chambo of Chambo Great Movies (CGM) for abducting a 16 year old girl. Nkhunga Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Sub Inspector Labani Makalani said the actor who is based at Chigumula was arrested on Saturday 6th February, 2016 at […]
The First Grade Magistrate’s court in Malawi’s eastern district, Balaka, has sentenced a 34 year-old man to two years imprisonment with hard labour for abducting four children. State Prosecutor Sergeant Winily Chikhobili to the court that that the suspect Oscar Fideswas arrested by members of the community on the 28th day of September, 2015 at Chipinga […]
A resident Magistrate’s court in Malawi’s eastern city of Zomba has sentenced a 42 year old man Richard Mandala Chisale to three and half years imprisonment with hard labour for abducting and defiling two girls. Eastern Region Prosecution Officer Assistant Commissioner of Police Mwawi Kaluwa told the court that, the suspect abducted and defiled two […]
President Peter Mutharika’s government has been challenged to address the concerns on security breakdown as his rise to power after the May 20 Tripartite Elections, Malawi has witnessed a return of insecurity with many cases of armed robberies and theft reported. Spokesman of United Democratic Front (UDF), Ken Ndanga, whose leader Atupele Muluzi is serving in […]
Justice Rowland Mbvundula , a judge of High Court in Blantyre, was stopped and kidnapped and his official vehicle stolen at Mount Pleasant in Blantyre around 11pm on Saturday. According to published reports, the attackers hijacked the judge’s official Toyota Prado TX vehicle registration MG 716 AF and stole assorted personal effects, including a laptop computer, […]
Police in Blantyre have apprehended a 27-year-old businessperson, Kasimu Kandulu, for allegedly abducting a secondary school girl. Blantyre Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Elizabeth Divala, told Nyasa Times that Kandulu was arrested Wednesday morning at his residence in Zingwangwa Township after police got a complaint that their daughter had gone missing from home. “The school […]
Police in the northern region district of Chitipa have arrested a 29 year old woman and a 14 year old boy for an aborted ritual killing of a five year old child. Northern Region Police Spokesperson Norah Chimwala confirmed the arrests saying the incident happened at Kamphoyo Village, Traditional Authority Nthalire. The duo will answer […]
Malawian child rights activists and residents of central district of Kasungu have reacted furiously to a court bail given to a former Member of Parliament in the area who is accused of abducting and defiling two under-aged girls. The ex-Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislature, Rodgers Sithole, is alleged to have committed the crime last month […]
Police in Malawi’s central district of Kasungu are keeping in custody a former Member of Parliament for allegedly abducting and defiling two under-aged girls. The former parliamentarian, Rodgers Sithole, committed the crime last month and had been on the run until Thursday when he surrendered himself to the law enforcers. Police said the 69-year-old former Malawi Congress […]
There was drama at Blantyre Magistrates Court on Friday morning when a woman who snatched a month-old baby, Upile from the hospital cried for forgiveness from the biological mother, Bridget Taombe before she was convicted and sentenced to 60 months (five years) imprisonment with hard labour (IHL). Nancy Lamulani 24, pleaded guilty of abducting a […]