A 32-year-old libidous sexual predator has started a 21 year jail term in Ntcheu after the Ntcheu resident magistrate court convicted him for impregnating his 16-year-old sister-in-law. The court through Inspector Samie Liwonde, heard that Afick Rabson committed the offence between the months of March and July in 2020. Liwonde further said that it was […]
Three media bodies have asked judicial system to prosecute a Ministry of Information journalist Jeremiah Mphande who is answering charges of sexual crime. The bodies, Media Council of Malawi (MCM), Misa Malawi and Association of Women in Media (AWOME) have made the call in a joint statement. “MCM, Misa Malawi and AWOME value the rule […]
A court in Mangochi has slapped a 28-year-old man with a 19-year-jail term for defiling an eight-year-old girl. The Mangochi Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court did threw out mitigations by Rodrick Matiyasi and banished him to the 19 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling the girl. The court, heard through state prosecutor Davie Banda, that […]
The State prosecutors have asked the Limbe magistrates court to transfer to a higher court a case in which a police officer is accused of defiling a 17-year-old girl in police cell. The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) asked the court to transfer the case against the police officer, Andrew Chagaga to Blantyre Chief Resident […]
A 19-year-old Burundian national, Ntshinuwe Boneri, is in Kasungu police custody for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl around Kapyanga village in the district. It is alleged that Boneri, a businessperson in the village, opened his grocery shop on January 17, 2021. He later sent a friend to propose love affair to the victim. However, she […]
A 45-year-man in Machinga has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling his 13-year-old sister in-law. Machinga senior resident magistrate Mohammed Chande has thrown Emmanuel Foster into the jail for defiling his 13-year-old daughter in law. The court heard through state prosecutor Aida Mzama that the convict defiled the girl on […]
Defilement cases in Mangochi have increased by 78.18 percent in the year 2020 as compared to the rate of the same criminal act in 2019, Mangochi Police Station disclosed on Thursday. A report released by the station through its Deputy Public Relations Officer, Sub-Inspector Amina Tepani-Daudi, indicates that the district recorded 55 cases of defilement […]
Mzimba First Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced Blessings Nhlane 23 to seven years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a 14-year-old girl. State Prosecutor, Sub Inspector, Isaac Imedi told the court that Nhlane had been defiling the girl who is his cousin since September 2020 and that in November she became pregnant. “Nhlane used to […]
Malawi Police in Mchinji are keeping in custody a 40 year old clinician, Lovemore Phiri for allegedly defiling a seven-year old girl. According to Mchinji Police Officer In-Charge (OC), George Mtetemera, on December 27, 2020, Police got a tip from some well-wishers about the issue. He said Police followed the matter and took the minor […]
Chitipa First Grade Magistrate’s Court has convicted and sentenced a Namutegha primary school teacher, Lyson Chizumila from the district on charges of defilement to a 15-year-old girl. The court heard that Chizumila, who was a class teacher to the victim, fell in love with her. He has been sleeping with the victim since June 2020. […]
A stepfather in Blantyre will spend the next 20 years in jail for defiling his 18-year-old stepdaughter and infecting her with HIV and AIDS in the process. The Blantyre magistrate court has handed down the sentence to the 42-year-old man after dismissing all his mitigating factors. State prosecutor Lucy Mukawa told the court that the […]
Malawi Police in Mponela Dowa have arrested a village head for falling in love and impregnating a 15-year-old girl who has since dropped out of school. He has been identified as senior group headman Mangadzi. Police say the 35-year-old traditional leader, whose real name is Ronald Kachikhade, committed the offence in August this year. Police […]
Malawi Police in Dedza have arrested a 16-year old boy on allegation that he defiled his biological sister aged 14. According to Dedza Police Deputy Public Relations Officer, Sergeant Cassim Manda, it is alleged that early this year, the suspect started proposing his biological sister, but the victim rejected his proposal. “The victim did not […]
Christian mother bodies, the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), Malawi Council of Churches (MCC), and Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM), have added their voice to calls for an end to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the country. In a statement issued as the world winds up the observance of the 16 days of activism […]
Malawi courts will soon have uniform sentencing of sexual violence perpetrators to ensure that the convicts in sex crimes get stiff punishment, Minister of Justice Titus Mvalo has said. Speaking during the International Human Rights Day today in Rumphi Mvalo said he will be taking to Parliament an amendment to the Criminal Procedure and Evidence […]
Speaker of the National Assembly, Catherine Gotani Hara has pleaded with the Church of Central African Presbyterian (CCAP) Synod of Livingstonia newly elected General Secretary to take a leading role in the fight against rape and defilement in the country. Hara said this on at St. Andrew’s Church in Mzuzu during a farewell service for […]
Malawi Police in Monkey Bay, Mangochi have arrested a 33-year-old man for defiling three sisters and impregnating one of them in the process. The police have identified the man as Petros, 33, from Monkey Bay in Mangochi district, saying the defilement took place in August this year. Petros is alleged to have been enticing the […]
Adolescent boys and girls from Mtandire Township in Lilongwe will no longer have to go to a police unit or station to report cases of gender based violence (GBV), rape and defilement cases. For the past three days, mHub – which champions the development of local technology solutions – hosted a three-day day digital skills workshop for […]