The High Court in Mzuzu has granted bail pending appeal to convicted Mzuzu Central Hospital former Clinical Officer, who was serving an eight year imprisonment with hard labour for raping of an imbecile while on duty in January this year. Hope Chipwatali, who had served almost four months of his sentence, was released on medical […]
Hope Chipwatali 36, a clinical officer at Mzuzu Central Hospital who was convicted on charges that he sexually assaulted a patient after he sedated her, has been jailed for eight years. Prosecution led by Jacob Montfort Nambiri proved that Chiphwatali of Chimbia Village Traditional Authority Kaphuka in Dedza district, took advantage of the patient’s mental illness […]
The Mzuzu Chief Resident Magistrate Court has convicted a Clinical Officer Hope Chiphwatali with rape of an imbecile while on duty at Mzuzu Central Hospital saying the state had proved beyond reasonable doubt all the elements of rape. The court said it will pass its sentencing on Thursday. Maximum penalty for pape in Malawi is […]
A clinical officer at Mzuzu Central Hospital charged with sexually assaulting a mentally challenged patient early this year has asked the Mzuzu Magistrate Court to dismiss the case arguing that prosecution evidence has failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he raped the patient. In the Chief Resident Magistrate Court under Criminal case number 4 […]
The Magistrate Court in Mzuzu has found a clinical officer at Mzuzu Central Hospital with a case to answer on the offence for allegedly raping a mentally challenged patient. Chief Resident Magistrate Joseph Chigona told the ‘stone silent’ court that prosecutors led by Senior State Advocate Tamara Chatupa had proved to the court that the […]
The Magistrate Court in Mzuzu has barred clinical officer at Mzuzu Central Hospital from reporting for work until the court clears him of allegations of sexually assaulting a female mental patient. Hope Chipwatali 36, of Chimbia Village Traditional Authority Kaphuka in Dedza District has since been charged with defilement of an imbecile contrary to Section 139 […]
Police in Mzuzu have arrested a Clinical Officer at Mzuzu Central Hospital on charges that he sexually assaulted a patient Tuesday morning in the consultation room after he sedated her on the pretext that he was giving her medicine for her ailment. Mzuzu Police Station Public Relations Officer Maurice Chapola in a statement released on Wednesday […]