A 48-year old group village headman (GVH) Chioza of Nkhotakota has been arrested for sexually defiling his own daughter of eleven years. Nkhotakota police publicist, Williams Kaponda, told Nyasa Times that on Wednesday GVH Chioza, real name is Mussa Sabiti enticed the victim with K 150. 00 and took her to an abandoned house where he successfully […]
Kasungu First Grade Magistrate Court has convicted and sentenced a 19-year-old boy to 11 years imprisonment with hard labour for defilement. State prosecutor Thoko Juziwei told the court that Maulana Mwamadi took a 13-year-old girl without her parents consent and started leaving with her as husband and wife. Juziwei said this was after the girl […]
Mzimba Second Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced a 40-year-old man to 14 years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for defiling a 12-year-old girl. State Prosecutor, Yollam Kanyenda, told the court that Eliya Tembo, 14, from Yesaya Shunga Village, TA Mmbelwa in Mzimba, was caught by the victim’s friend. “Tembo was identified by the victim’s friend […]
A 65-year-old grandfather is to spend eight years in jail after he was convicted for defiling a three-year-old child in Mchinji. The mother of the child told the court that Dickson Issah defiled the child on October 4, 2019 at Kafera village in the area of chief Mkanda in the district. State prosecutor Eugenesio Yotamu […]
Scores of women and girls around Msundwe, M’bwatalika and Mpingu Trading Centres in Lilongwe have reported being sexually abused by the Malawi Police officers , Nyasa Times has learn. The NGO Gender Coordination Network (NGO-GCN) has also said it is deeply disheartened by allegations of rape, defilement and torture of innocent women and girls in […]
Mulanje First Grade Magistrate’s Court in Mulanje has convicted and sentenced a couple to serve a jail term over a daughter’s defilement. The two are Francis Makatanje and Annita Kampango, his wife. The court heard that on July 31 this year, the couple went to pray within some hills called Mwanamulanje. It was heard that […]
Malawi Police in Salima have sounded an SOS, saying child defilement cases are on the rise in the lakeshore district. Spokesperson for the police in the district Jacob Khembo said data shows that from January to this day, 29 girls have been defiled mainly by their own relations. “These figures are alarming. Most of the […]
Mzuzu Chief Resident Magistrate Court has sentenced a 64-year-old man, Tenson Kalua to 14 years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for allegedly defiling his nine year-old step daughter contrary to Section 138, Subsection 1 of the Penal Code. Police Prosecutor, Sub Inspector Felix Senzani told the court that Kalua got married to a woman who […]
A northern region based psychologist, Twisile Kalinga says there is need for defilement offenders to be mentally assessed before they are taken to court to ascertain if they were in their right mind or not when they committed crime. Kalinga who is also a clinical technician at St Peters Community Hospital in Likoma district in […]
Mangochi Senior Resident Magistrate Court in Mangochi denied bail to Prophet Samson Manyozo who was arrested for allegedly defiling a Standard 6 school girl. The Court heard that the self -styled Prophet, who is based at Mtalimanja area in the district, had been defiling a 14-year-old girl who is a learner at one of the […]
Nsanje First Grade Magistrate Court has convicted and sentenced a 40 year old man to 14 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling three minors. The convict Mavuto Mose, who comes from Thole Village Traditional Authority (TA) Malemia in Nsanje defiled three minors of ages ranging from 8 to 13 years old on the evening […]
Machinga First Grade Magistrate Court has convicted and sentenced a 22-year-old man to 14 years Imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL) for sexually assaulting his six-year-old sister-in-law. State prosecutor Inspector Cliff Kalawa told the court last Thursday that on March 22, 2019, Mainala Symon took the victim to a maize field on a bicycle and on […]
The Machinga First Grade Magistrate’s Court has convicted a 15-year-old boy [ name shielded] for defiling a 16-year-old girl and further ordered him to pay K50 000 in fines. Defilement attracts a maximum of life imprisonment with hard labour. Machinga Police Prosecutor Constable Gift Kalamula told the court that since February this year father to […]
Sorrow engulfed Chelewani Village in Traditional Authority Chitera in Chiradzulu on Saturday after a 59-year-old man Carlos Makala, a defilement suspect, poisoned himself to death. Chiradzulu Police Station spokespersonYohane Tasowana confirmed incident. He said it was alleged Makata was caught in the act of defilement on Friday March, 22 in Tepula Village and the matter […]
Nkhotakota First Grade Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a 45-year old,FracksonMulete to seven years Imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL) for defiling and impregnating his 14-year-old stepdaughter. Police Prosecutor, Inspector Griffin Luhanga told the court that Muletedefiled his stepdaughter almost three times during the months of September to December, 2018. He said when Mulete realized that the […]
A Roman Catholic Church priest has been jailed for 17 years by Zomba Senior Resident Magistrate Court after being convicted for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl. Father Numeri Mweta, 39, of Lisanjala Parish under Zomba Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church was Monday found guility and convicted of abduction, defilement and procuration of the 15-year-old […]
A Catholic priest has been found guilty by Zomba Senior Resident Magistrate Court for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl and he has been convicted. Father Numeri Mweta, 39, of Lisanjala Parish under Zomba Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church was accused of abduction, defilement and procuration of the 15-year-old girl. The court learnt that on […]
Malawi Police in Chikwawa have arrested five suspects for allegedly gang raping a 14-year-old girl in Senior Chief Makhuwira’s are in the district. Chikwawa police station spokesman Foster Benjamin said in an interview that the suspects are Smart Lapken, Fanuel Makwayo, and Kingsley George, all aged 21, Alfred Njobvu, 18, and a 17-year-old boy. The […]