Malawi Police officer Victor Nsolomo was convicted in connection to the mysterious circumstances that surrounded the death of a Natural Resources College (NRC) student, Edwin Msiska, who died in police custody in 2012, has been sentenced to at least 15 years’ jail for his murder. Mzuzu High Court Judge Dingiswayo Madise passed the lengthy sentence […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has acquitted two police officers and convicted a third – all from Mzuzu Police Station – in connection to the mysterious circumstances that surrounded the death of a Natural Resources College (NRC) student, Edwin Msiska, who died in police custody in 2012. Police officers George Kamphe and Lucius Mpakeni were […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has discharged three Mzuzu based Cops it found with a case to answer in the death of a suspect in Police custody two years ago because the state failed to avail itself without reason at the resumption of the trial on Tuesday. The discharge by Judge Dingiswayo Madise, wrongly interpreted as […]
A brother to a suspect allegedly bludgeoned to death in Police custody in Mzuzu in 2012 is remanded at Mzuzu Prison for three weeks now because he resisted advances from Police to become a state witness again. Edison Msiska a former Natural Resources College student, died on January 29, 2012 following his arrest after he […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has ordered that the trial for the three Mzuzu based Cops who are accused of having a hand in the death of a suspect be held with 21 days from February 27, 2014. The suspect Edison Msiska, a former Natural Resources College student, died on January 29 2012, under mysterious circumstances, […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has given the defense team 30 days to monitor the progress of one of its client who is reportedly sick in Blantyre and was unable to attend the ongoing trial of three Mzuzu based police officers accused of having a hand in the death of Edison Msiska in Police custody […]
In the ongoing trial of three Mzuzu based Cops accused of having a hand in the death of Edison Msiska in Police custody in January 2012, the State is not showing willing to proceed with the case following the expiry of the 60 days the High Court granted the defence to prepare their case. The […]
The High Court in Mzuzu will on Wednesday rule whether the six Police Officers from Mzuzu Police Station, who are accused of having a hand in the death of Edson Msiska, who died in police custody on January 29 this year, have a case to answer or not. The accused , Inspector Gertrude Munkhondia, Constable […]
As prosecutors concluded evidence in a case in which six police officers in Mzuzu are accused of having a hand in the death of Edson Msiska, who died in police custody on January 29 this year, it emerged that all CID Officers implicated each in their caution statements. The accused , Inspector Gertrude Munkhondia, , Constable […]
The Mzuzu High Court has given the Malawi Police Service seven days to co-sign an autopsy report for Edison Msiska, a former Natural Resources College student, who died in Police custody on January 29, 2012. Judge Dingswayo Madise gave the order on Friday after prosecution witness number four, renowned Pathologist Doctor Charles Dzamalala testified in the ongoing […]
Six Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Officers have pleaded not guilty to murder charge in a case where they are accused to have clobbered to death a suspect who was in custody. The much awaited trial, which commenced at Mzuzu High Court on Tuesday, is closely watched and is seen as a test case of how […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has set August 7th 2012 for hearing a of a case in which six Police Officers from Mzuzu Police Station are alleged to have murdered Edison Msiska in Police Custody early this year. The court set the date in its order after the State applied to vary the suspects’ bail conditions […]
Barely a week after the Malawi Police Service arrested six Officers from Mzuzu Police Station on April 18, 2012 in connection with the brutal death of Edison Msiska in Police Custody early this year; the Police has cleared three Officers saying they were not linked to the allegations, sources revealed to Nyasa Times. Msiska, a […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has granted bail to six Police Officers from Mzuzu Police Station who were arrested on April 18, 2012 in connection with the brutal death of Edison Msiska in Police Custody early this year because the State failed to avail itself for the bail hearing. The suspects were not in court […]
Malawi Police officers suspected of abusing and eventually brutally killing a detainee in a police station Edison Msiska, 30, of Chabisika village, Traditional Authority Chikulamayembe in Rumphi district, have been arrested. Nyasa Times has learnt that the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officers who have been arrested are Constable George Kamphe, Inspector Getrude Munkhondia, Constable Bertha Mthandi, […]
The Malawi Police Service has commenced internal investigations into the death of Edison Msiska, 30, of Chabisika village, Traditional Authority Chikulamayembe in Rumphi district who is alleged to have died in Police custody in Mzuzu. Malawi’s top Cops from the Service’s Headquarters at Area 30 in the Capital Lilongwe converged in Mzuzu last Sunday and […]