A 35-years-old man is in police custody for allegedly defiling a 9-year-old school girl in Phalombe district. John Msangwe a guard at Thuchila Estate is said to have sexually assaulted the girl on Thursday morning after he promised to buy her bread and sugarcane. ”The girl was sent back from school for being late and on her […]
Popular street-performer, Joe Gwaladi has been granted bail after spending a week in police custody for allegedly sexually assulting a 14-year-old girl in Phalombe last month. Phalombe First Grade Magistrates granted the musician bail following convincing plea by his lawyer, Chancy Gondwe. Gwaladi was arrested on 27 May,2015 and the court last week refused to […]
Police in the North say they have registered a 100% increase in the number of defilement cases across the region in the first quarter of 2015. According to a consolidated first quarter police report, a total of 69 defilement cases have been recorded. The figure compares with 31 cases recorded during the same period last […]
Popular street-performer, Joe Gwaladi has denied the charge of defilement after appearing before the Phalombe First Grade Magistrates court on Thursday. Gwaladi was arrested on Wednesday for alleged sexually abusing a 14 year-old girl. But the singer said after the offence was read out to him that he knew nothing about the charge. He then applied for bail […]
Popular street-performer, Joe Gwaladi has been arrested for an alleged sexual assual on a 14-year-old girl in Phalombe district, police have confirmed. Phalombe police Public Relations Officer, Augustus Nkhwazi confirmed that they were keeping in custody the Ndikanaziwa and Tumbocid hits maker. ”He was arrested yesterday [Wednesday]. Meanwhile he is still in custody. He is […]
Euthini Second Grade Magistrate’s Court has referred to a court in Mzuzu a case in which Mbalachanda Police Unit officer-in-charge Paul Kuchawo is accused of rape and defilement charges following revelations that he made a 15-year-old girl pregnant. Mzimba Police spokesperson Gabriel Chiona said it is alleged Kuchawo had been in a relationship with the […]
Police in Mzuzu are keeping in custody a 33 year old Malawian of Pakistan origin for allegedly defiling a six year old girl in the township of Mapale within the city. Mzuzu Deputy Police Publicist, Sergeant Patrick Saulos, confirmed the development, saying that the suspect, Karmarah Suleman, defiled the girl on Monday this week. “The […]
Malawi Police in Chikwawa are holding a 38-year-old man James Usseni who allegedly sodomised a 6-year-old boy and infected him with HIV. The man who hails from Kayaye Village under Chief Chimwala in Mangochi district was arrested after police got reports of the sexual violence and after medical examination at Chikwawa district hospital, it was […]
Mzuzu Magistrate Court in northern Malawi on Monday convicted four commercial sex workers for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy and infecting him with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the process. Ellen Pemba, 31, Zainabu Mkawa, 37, Martha Mlenga, 22, and Zainabu Mussa, 32, were arrested on 5 September, 2014 on charges of indulging in sexual activity with […]
Malawi Police in Balaka are keeping in custody Pastor Henry January for allegedly defiling a 15-year old girl, police have confirmed. January, 39, of Zion Christian Church, had been ministering at an out church in the district when he met the girl and her mother. According to Balaka Police publicist Joseph Sauka, the ‘Man of […]
Blantyre Magistrates Court has jailed a 27 year-old man who earlier this month defiled two girls at once. Issah Rajabu defiled two girls aged 12 and 8 on 19 march, 2015 in Chilobwe Township. He was on Monday convicted after he pleaded guilty to two counts of defilement under Section 138 (1) of the Penal Code. Magistrate […]
A man who earlier this month defiled two girls at once has been convicted by Blantyre Magistrates Court. Issah Rajabu 27, defiled two girls aged 12 and 8 on 19 march,2015 in Chilobwe Township. He has since pleaded guilty to the charge of Defilement under Section 138 (1) of the Penal Code. Rajabu, according to […]
Chilipa Police Unit in Mangochi is keeping in custody a head teacher of Kapire Primary School for being suspected of defiling a 14-year-old girl (name concealed) who was in standard seven at the school in the district. Mangochi police publicist Rodrick Maida confirmed the arrest and identified the suspect as Gnazio Goliati of 55 years […]
A38 year old woman in Ntchisi appeared in court on Wednesday for defiling a 14 year old boy, who told the court that he could not tell his parents about the ordeal and the sexually transmitted disease he got from her because he felt good during the encounter. The woman, Gloria Chunga, who denied the charges, is a […]
Police in Chiradzulu are keeping in custody a 42-year-old man on suspicious that he indecently assaulted a 13-year-old boy. According to Chiradzulu Police Detective Inspector Kennedy Kaufulu, the suspect, Zakaliya Chawanda, who has a hawker and plies his trade at Shire Market, near Chiradzulu District Hospital was on Tuesday this week around 11 O’clock in […]
The Blantyre Magistrates Court on Monday convicted and sentenced to eight years imprisonment with hard labour a security guard for impregnating his employer’s daughter. Tony Rodgers Jaluwa 32, was arrested last month after it was discovered he defiled and impregnated his employer’s 11 years old daughter in Chilobwe township. Jaluwa who was employed as guard by Lucy […]
A 38 year-old Henry Mbewe of Pelenje village, Traditional Authority Nkalo in Chiladzulu district has been handed 12 years in jail for defiling a 3-year-old girl by a First Grade Magistrate court in Karonga. Mbewe was found guilty of committing the offence with the minor , who is his step daughter in Malema village in the […]
Victim Support and Child Protection Coordinator for Balaka Police Station Constable Donna Kaoloka has commended people of Balaka for reporting to the police cases on child abuse and other domestic crime that has somehow helped reduce the crimes rate in the district. Kaoloka said this following the arrest of a 33 year old man Macsome […]