Malawi Police have expressed concern over the rise in rape and defilement cases which they say topped the crime list in 2015. Nicholas Gondwa, the police spokesperson at national headquarters in Lilongwe said there were 208 rape cases in 2015 up from 190 in 2014, representing a 10 percent increase. On defilement, Gondwa said there […]
Malawi Police in Kasungu have arrested three Chewa tribe’s secret cult of gule wamkulu on allegations that they arrested a 16 year old girl and sexually abused her. Police spokesperson in Kasungu Edna Mzikwitsa alleged parents of the girl had gone to gulewamkulu elders to help them trace the girl who had gone out on […]
Police in Blantyre are looking for their own, Sergeant Dan Simbota from Limbe Police Station who on Friday 18th December 2015 night raped his own maid while his wife, Constable Mirriam Simbota, a Prosecutor at the same Station was away on duty. Nyasa Times understands that Mirriam was at College of Medicine where the State […]
Police in Limbe have arrested a 47 year old primary school teacher on suspicion that her defiled three primary school standard eight learners. Deputy police publicist for Limbe Zembeneko identified the teacher as Harris Thokozani of Chisomezi Primary School in Bangwe. Zembeneko said Thokozani has since been charged with defilement and abuse of office among […]
Malawi’s renowned guitarist, Dwale Kalaya has been sentenced to 16 years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) by Blantyre Magistrates Court for defiling a nine-year-old girl. Kalaya,27, a guitarist for Mkokomo Band defiled his neighbor’s daughter (name withheld) on October 30th, 2015 in Chimwankhunda Township, Blantyre. He was arrested on November 30th in Ntcheu district where […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati has slamed the growing tendency by some men who are reportedly sleeping with their biological daughters and step daughters with the belief that they will cast out family spells and or get rich in Mulanje. Reports indicate that the tendency, coupled with lack of motivation […]
Police in Mulanje have pounced on Councillor for Namilonje Ward on an allegation that he defiled a 16-year-old girl some six months ago but law enforcers were reluctant to arrest him for unexplained reasons. The girl is currently carrying a five month old baby and droped out school while in Standard six at Mkumeya primary school […]
First Grade Magistrate’s court in Balaka district, eastern Malawi, has sentenced a 53-year-old man to 8 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling his 4-year-old granddaughter. The court heard from the State representative Prosecutor Sergeant Aida Mzama that the suspect Greev Chimutu defiled a four year old granddaughter on 26th October, this year at M’mangeni village […]
A businessman, a primary school teacher and an old man are currently in police custody in Lilongwe for allegedly defiling and impregnating three teenage girls. The three suspects, according to national police, committed the defilement offence on separate and independent onccassions in Kasiya area in T/A Khongoni, Lilongwe. In the first incident, A 31-year-old businessman, […]
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 […]
A 44-year-old primary school teacher is under police custody at Balaka Police Station for allegedly defiling his standard 3 pupil. The suspect Bartholomew Ignacio teaches at Mpilisi Full Primary School. Balaka police spokesperson Inspector Joseph Sauka says the incident came to light after an 11-year-old victim revealed to her mother that the suspect had been […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare , Patricia Kaliati has expressed “concern “ over increasing rates of defilement and child trafficking in the country, the vices it says frustrates efforts to properly develop the children into full potential. Speaking the during commemoration of 2015 International Literacy Day held at Yamba Primary School, in […]
Police at Ulongwe in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka is keeping in custody a secondary school teacher for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old pupil he later wanted to marry. This comes few days after Balaka Police arrested a 57 year old Mark Chafachaona on allegation that he impregnated his 15-year-old step daughter. The suspect Ernest John […]
A 57-year-old man is under police custody at Balaka police station in eastern Malawi for allegedly defiling his 15-year-old step daughter. Balaka police spokesperson sub-inspector Joseph Sauka says the victim told the police that the suspect, Mark Chafachaona, had been defiling her on several occasions reaching the extent of impregnating her. “She said after noting […]
A 20-year-old man, Dyson Nkhonde, has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment by Blantyre Magistrates Court For defiling a 3-year-old girl. Senior Resident Magistrate, Peter Kandulu sentenced Nkhonde on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to the defilement charge under Section 138 (1) of the Penal Code. Prosecutor Sub-Inspector, Victor Nachuma had told the court that […]
A ten year old girl at Makantha village in the Inkosi Kampingo Sibade area, northern district of Mzimba was sexually assaulted and murdered in sickening attack earlier this week after a day missing from her home. According to Gabriel Chiona, Mzimba Police Public Relations Officer, the girl was sexually violated as she returned home from school […]
Nkhotakota First Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced Winners Chapel pastor Brighton Favor Mbewe aged 35 to seven years imprisonment for defiling a 14 year old girl. According to the girl -name withheld for legal reasons – the pastor sexually assaulted her repeatedly in December last year at the time her mother used to send her […]
Malawi Police in southern district of Phalombe have expressed worry over increased cases of defilement in this year’s second quarter in the district. According to Phalombe Police Station, 10 defilement cases have been reported at the station in this second quarter (April, May and June 2015) compared to seven cases reported during the same period […]