The Phalombe First Grade Magistrate Court on has convicted and sentenced two men to 90 and 114 months imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) respectively on separate defilement charges. The court jailed 24-year-old Frank Kanyamule of Mukhota village, T/A Mkhumba in Phalombe district for defiling a standard four 15-year-old pupil. Kanyamule is said to have committed […]
The Mwanza Magistrate Court has convicted Steven Laiton, 23, to 14 years Imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL) for defiling a 13 year old girl (name withheld). Mwanza Police Public Relation Officer (PRO) Edwin Kaunda confirmed the development on Friday saying Laiton had been defiling the under aged girl since July 2016 to January this year. […]
As the country continue to grapple with increased cases of girl-child sexual exploitation, a First Grade magistrate Court in Ntcheu district has slapped a 44-year-old man with lean jail term despite defiling and impregnating his step-daughter. The convict Raphael Akidu, a father of eight children, took advantage of the 15-year-old stepdaughter (name withheld) while his […]
Ntcheu First Grade Magistrate has sentenced a 25-year-old man to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for defiling a three-year-old girl. The convict, Lameck Magreen committed the offence on February 17th, 2017 in his house, and confessed to law-enforcers to have committed the crime by taking advantage of the victim. Magreen revealed that his […]
The Police at Nchalo in Chikwawa district are keeping in custody two young men for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl. The suspects Innocent Petulo, 34, and Innocent Dunga aged 18 defiled the victim on several occasions between December 2016 and February this year. “The victim left her home after a misunderstanding with her father. Whilst […]
The Zomba Chief Resident Magistrate Court has sent s Pakistan n ational Zeeshan Jaral Raja to 16 years in jail for sexual assualt on a 15 year old girl. State Prosecutor Assistant Superintendent Josophine Chigawa told the court that Jaral Raja a businessman trading as Asante Cash and Carry at Liwonde Township had been sexually abusing the […]
Malawi Police in Nkhatabay are keeping in custody a 68 year-old, Silale Kaunda, on allegations that he defiled a minor, age 12, at Mpamba Trading Centre in the district. Nkhata Bay police public relations of officer (PRO), Ignatius Esau, confirmed the development saying that on January 28, 2017 the victim was passing by Kaunda’s house […]
A 23-year old primary school teacher in the lakeshore district of Mangochi is under police custody for allegedly defiling a standard seven pupil. Mangochi Police deputy spokesperson Amina Tepani Daudi has identified the suspect as Martin Kalima who has been defiling the 15 year-old girl since January 2, 2017 at Wimame F.P School in the district. Daudi said in […]
Law enforcers in Phalombe district has seen a decrease in sexual offences crimes, with the district registering 40 cases in 2016 comparing to 46 in 2015. Police records indicate that out of the 40 cases reported during 2016, defilements were 36, two cases were rape cases, one incest case and indecent assault. “During the year […]
The Phalombe First Grade Magistrate court has convicted and sentenced a 23-year-old man to 168 months (14 years) imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for defiling his step-daughter. The convict Dyson Macheso committed the offence in December 2016. According to facts presented in court, the mother of the victim had gone to fetch firewood at the […]
A 70 year old Mangochi man, James Nikisi has been arrested by Namwera Police for defiling an 8 year old girl contrary to section 138 (1) of the penal code. Mangochi Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Inspector Rodrick Maida said t the suspect, Nikisi was arrested on Tuesday at Simbiri Village in the area of […]
Malawi Police in tea growing mountanious district of Mulanje have witnessed a decrease in a crime rate in the year just ended which has been attributed to, among others, good police-community relations but number of sex crimes reported continue to remain high. In 2016, law-enforcers in the district registered 1,526 cases compared to 2,320 cases registered […]
Mzuzu magistrates court on Wednesday sat at a pub and lodge in Lusangadzi where three under age children repeated and demonstrated how opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) ward councillor for Chibanja made them drunk and defiled each one of them within one night. The councillor, Charles Mlogera denies the charges of abduction and defilement for […]
The Mulanje First Grade Magistrates Court on Tuesday imposed a stiffer jail term on 22-year-old man Alison Saiti for defiling his step-daughter, aged 10 and infecting her with HIV. Saiti, according to information presented in court, started defiling the girl in November this year and was arrested earlier this month when the victim disclosed the ordeal to […]
A 36-year-old man, Tommy Maloya has been slapped with 18-year jail term by Blantyre Magistrates Court for defiling 11-year-old primary school pupil in Chirimba Township, Blantyre. The court jailed Maloya yesterday (Wednesday 14th December, 2016) who earlier on pleaded not guilty to the offence of defilement contrary to Section 138 of the Penal Code. He committed the […]
Malawi Police in Dowa district are keeping in custody a 34-year-old man, Amos Mbewe for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl. Mbewe, police have disclosed, started defiling the victim in May this year when she started staying with and his family. According to law-enforcers, Mbewe took the victim from her parents who are family friends after […]
A 42-year-old primary school headteacher in Mulanje district has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old standard six girl. The headteacher, Blessings Mugwa has been defiling the victim since October this year, police have confirmed. Mulanje police Public Relations Officer, Gresham Ngwira told Nyasa Times the victim has been staying with the suspect since July […]
There is a growing concern over the future of young girls living in the Eastern Region District of Balaka following high increasing rate of registered defilement cases. Nyasa Times understands that almost every week, police have been registering cases related to defilement. The recent one is the arrest and conviction of a 72 year old […]