A Neno Magistrate’s Court has sentenced Teleza Steven, 24, to 11 years’ imprisonment after she was convicted of defiling a 17-year-old boy. The court heard that Steven had taken the teenager’s phone on August 25 this year and carried it back to her home. When the boy went to retrieve his phone, Steven allegedly told […]
A 36-year-old soldier has been jailed for 20 years with hard labour after being convicted of repeatedly abusing a 15-year-old girl and getting her pregnant in the process. Diof Simaone was sentenced by the Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, September 1, following his conviction last Friday, according to Central West Region Police Public […]
A soldier based at Kamuzu Barracks has been convicted of having sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl, leaving her pregnant, after a court heard he abused the child on four separate occasions. Diof Simaone, 36, was found guilty by the Senior Resident Magistrate Court after prosecutors presented testimony from four witnesses detailing the abuse, which […]
A 55-year-old man from Namwera in Mangochi district has been arrested and is in police custody following allegations that he sexually abused his own five-year-old daughter. Mangochi Police Publicist Amina Tepani Daudi confirmed the arrest, saying the alleged offence took place on the evening of 25 August 2026, while the child’s mother was attending a […]
A 53-year-old pastor has been arrested in Mzuzu after allegedly sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl who had visited his home for prayers with her mother and a friend. Daniel Gondwe, a pastor at the Everlasting Church of God, was taken into custody by police following the allegations. Police allege that after praying for the girl’s […]
Mayhem erupted at a mobile court in Kachenga, Balaka, after a man accused of having sex with a girl under the age of 18 launched a violent attack on a police officer, forcing proceedings to grind to a halt. Sheikh Muhammad Ahmadu turned violent almost as soon as he was brought into the dock, striking […]
A child rights activist has demanded an urgent probe after a court let a man convicted of a child sex offence dodge jail by handing him the option of a K5 million fine instead – branding the ruling “suspicious” and demanding the magistrate be investigated. Twenty-year-old Jimmy Twisawi was told by the Nkunkhula First Grade […]
Senior Chief Malemia has been sentenced to 21 years behind bars after being convicted of having sexual relations with a young girl and helping to arrange an abortion for her — in a case that has scandalised the nation. The Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court in Z omba delivered the damning verdict today, with Magistrate Elijah […]
Disgraced Senior Chief Malemia is facing the very real prospect of rotting in a prison cell after being convicted of defiling a teenage girl — and then helping her get rid of the baby. The once-respected traditional leader was found guilty at the Magistrates’ Court in Zomba, in a case that has left the community […]
A former senior Medical Aid Society of Malawi (Masm) official ton Tuesday appeared before a court in Blantyre at the start of his defilement case. He is accused of defiling his niece under his care and allegedly infected her with HIV and AIDS. The Chief Resident Magistrate’s Court in Blantyre started hearing the case where […]
A 38-year-old Primary School teacher in Mulanje is in police custody for allegedly defiling his own 12-year-student. Police have identified the teacher as Isaac Mussah who allegedly defiled a standard eight girl. The girl has told police that on Thursday evening, March 18, 2021 she drew a picture resembling one of the pupils at the […]
A devastated mother has told a court in Lilongwe that her husband defiled his step-daughter five times from December last year to February 2021. This is the case of Stuart Kalungama who is accused of defiling his step daughter at CCDC residential area in Lilongwe. It is believed that the father had ritual-related motives. Chief […]
The Centre for Human Rights Education,Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) has urged Civil Society Organisations (CSO) to work in a collaboration network all the time if they are to achieve and make Malawi a Gender Based Violence (GBV) and sexual violence cases free nation. CHREAA executive director Victor Mhango made the call on Thursday during a […]
Civil society organisations, including Youth and Society (YAS) and Oxfam Malawi, have requested the Malawi Law Commission to review section 138 of the penal code, raising two “failures” of the legislation which they say “bring about unfairness” in the application of the law. Section 138 of the Penal Code provides for the offence of defilement […]
Two Non-governmental organisations, Youth and Society (YAS) and Oxfam Malawi, have written the office of the Chief Justice, expressing their concerns over what they call “imposition of lenient sentences” by the lower courts in sentencing sexual offenses. They say these “huge discrepancies” in sentencing sexual offences undermine the “bar” the High Court raised in sentences […]
A court in Lilongwe has adjourned a case in which a step father is accused of defiling his nine-year-old step daughter because the suspect is reportedly sick. The Chief Resident Magistrate Patrick Chirwa has ordered the State to take to the hospital, the defilement suspect Stuart Chalungama. Lawyer for Chalungama Edward Chagalamuka had earlier applied […]
Malawi Police in Mzimba have arrested a 41-year-old father for allegedly impregnating his 15-year-old biological daughter. Police say the man is from Kazuwulo village in the area of Inkosi Chindi in the same district. Mzimba police deputy police spokesman, John Nyirongo, said the man was living with the daughter after separating with his wife in […]
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. […]