Malawi Police in Mulanje have arrested a 78-year-old man for allegedly sexually assaulting his two biological daughters over a period of 11 years. Confirming the arrest, Mulanje Police Station Public Relations Officer Gresham Ngwira said Heston Benala Banda had been having forced sex with his two daughters, now aged 14 and 21, between 2007 and […]
Malawi Police Service in Mchinji have arrested a former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Mchinji south parliamentarian for indecent assault. Mchinji police officer-in-charge Owen Maganga has confirmed the arrest of Jerome Waluza and said he would appear in court on Tuesday. The former Malawi Boxing Association (Maba) president is alleged to have invited girls between 12 […]
As the country was commemorating the International Day of Prayer and Action for child, it was revealed that apart from early child marriages, a study conducted by Malawi Police Service, by July 2018, defilement cases increased by seven percent. Deputy Inspector General of Police in Administration John Nyondo said most of the perpetrators in such […]
The Mchinji Senior Resident Magistrate Court Friday has denied granting bail to a police officer who is answering charges of defiling and impregnating a 13-year old girl. It is reported that the suspect Seargent Gregory Chikuni aged 32 who until his arrest was working at Namizana Police Unit in Mchinji district has been in a […]
Malawi police inquiry set up by Inspector General of Police Rodney Jose to determine who sexually assualted a 14-year-old girl in police custody in Dowa has strongly recommended DNA test to determine who the real suspect is in the case that has puzzled the country. The girl says she was raped by a police officer […]
St Peter’s Anglican Cathedral congregant in Likoma Island on Monday was shocked after seeing a body of a man hanged dead inside the roof of the Church after allegedly committing suicide. Likoma police spokesperson Mcliff Ngulube confirmed the development to Nyasa Times. He identified the deceased as Kennedy Malikita who hailed from Chamba village in […]
A law enforcer accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in police custody is still on full remand after his fellow law enforcers refused to grant him bail. Mponela police officer-in-charge Saidoni Mpina has confirmed this but refused to give details, saying the Inspector General of police appointed commission of inquiry was better placed to […]
Christian international non-governmental organisation World Vision Malawi (WVM) which has been supporting vulnerable children and communities in the country for more that three decades has joined the nationwide condemnation of the sexual assault of the 14-year-old girl while on remand at Chesepo Police Unit in Dowa and is appealing to the police to expedite the case and bring the culprit […]
Malawi Police nInspector General Rodney Jose has said he has set up a special inquiry to look into circumstances that led to the rape of a 14-year-old girl in police custody in Dowa. The inquiry comes after the police intimidated, harassed and bullied the family of the girl to withdraw her claim that she was […]
The Malawi Police have finally arrested one of their own after intense pressure and days of intimidation and bully to force a 14-year-old girl in Dowa drop allegations that she was sexually assaulted whilst in custody at Chesepo Police Unit in Dowa District . Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) officials have confirmed that they have evidence that a […]
A case involving a 14-year-old student who says she was sexually assaulted in police custody on Friday adjourned to next week after police prosecutors say state witnesses were not available. The 14-year-girl in Dowa, who was remanded at Chesepo police unit over a fight at school, is accusing a police officer at the unit of […]
Malawi Police have arrested a 35-year-old man in Mzuzu on allegations that he sexually assaulted three girls under the age of eight. Northern Region police Assistant spokesman Maurice Chapola confirmed the arrest of the man from Zakhanya Village, Traditional Authority Kampingo Sibande in Mzimba. Chapola said the suspect enticed the girls with money and a […]
Chiefs in Blantyre want government to ban wearing of miniskirts in schools describing it as one of the contributing factors to increased sexual assualt cases amongst the school-going girls. Speaking on the sidelines of the Malawi Education Sector Improvement Programme (MISEP) sensitization meeting held at Bandawe Schools in Blantyre, Traditional Authority Machinjiri osaid many of […]
Malawi Police in Thyolo have arrested one of their own on allegations that he defiled a 15-year-old girl at a duty station he went to give security to the ongoing voter registration exercise in the district. Thyolo police spokesperson said the police officer, whose name has not yet been released, defiled the girl after the […]
The Rumphi First Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced 32-year-old Edwin Mutegha to 13 years imprisonment (IHL) for defiling a 14-year old girl with speech impairment. But Mutegha stunned the court when he, in mitigation, pleaded for lenience, saying “it is Satan who cheated me.” First Grade Magistrate Cuthbert Phiri heard, through State prosecutor Blessings Chimbirazowa, […]
A teacher from Chayamba Secondary School in Kasungu who was on an upgrading course at Mzuzu University (Mzuni) is in police custody for attempting to defile a 12 year-old primary school girl. Mzuzu Police Deputy Publicist, Victor Khamisi, confirmed the arrest of Daniso Nyirenda, 49 who is a final year student at Mzuni. Khamisi said […]
Malawi Police in Ntchisi are looking for Ibulayimu Mbalame of Mdambo Village in the area of Traditional Authority Malenga for allegedly defiling and murdering his 16-year-old biological daughter. Ntchisi Police spokesperson, Gladson M’bumpha identified the deceased as Mdingeyi Mbalame. He said the incident occurred on the night of August 11, 2018 when the deceased’s mother […]
Malawi Police have arrested a 55-year-old pastor of Evangelical Pentecostal Church, Matias Paul, in Dowa for allegedly raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl. According to police spokesman at Dowa Police Station, Richard Kaponda, the girl was sexually abused when she went for overnight prayers. Kaponda said the incident took place in March when the victim […]