Malawi Police in Dedza are keeping in custody a woman who is suspected to have killed her own son for stealing K400. According to Dedza Police Deputy Publicist, Sergeant Cassim Manda, the suspect, Alinafe Navisi aged 40, fled to Mozambique, after murdering her 10 year old son, James Banda, last week. “Banda who was a […]
High Court in Zomba has finished hearing all witnesses from the prosecution on the alleged murder in which businessman Misozi Chanthunya is answering for killing his girl friend a former Malawi College of Accountancy student, Linda Gasa. Four witnesses including College of Medicine Pathologist Dr Charles Dzamalala gave their testimonies in court on Friday. The […]
A case in which businessman Misonzi Chanthunya is accused of murdering his Zimbabwean girlfriend Linda Gasa in 2010started on Friday in a sombre mood as state investigators showed a video and pictures of the dead body of a lady found at Mwala Lodge in Mangochi. The court was dead in silence with sombre faces as […]
The High Court in Zomba is this Friday expected to finish parading witnesses in a case in which a Malawian is accused of murdering his Zimbabwean girl friend in Mangochi. On Thursday, five state witnesses were paraded in a case where Misozi Chanthunya is accused of killing his girlfriend Linda Gasa in 2010. Mzee Rajab, […]
Three people have testified in the Masozi Chanthunya case in which he is accused of murdering his girlfriend Linda Gasa in 2010. The witnesses were paraded after the court dismissed an application from Chanthunya’s lawyer who wanted the court to suspend hearing until an appeal is heard in the Supreme Court that the matter be […]
Officials of Medical Council of Malawi say they are setting up an inquiry on the death of Kottana Chidyaonga following conflicting reports on the cause of her death with some saying she died of snake bite whilst others say it was due to termik poisoning. Medical Council of Malawi chief executive officer Richard Ndovi said […]
The High Court of Malawi sitting in Mchinji has sentenced three men to life imprisonment each for murder in three separate cases. The three, Christopher Phakeni, 25, Steven Lameck Zulu, 29, and Nelson Khakhiwa, y5, were trued separately on murder crimes committed in 2014, 2016 and 2017 respectively. However, the presiding Judge Esmie Chombo handed […]
Three suspects have been remanded for another week by court in Lilongwe in connection with the death of Kottana Chidyaonga. The Chief Resident Magistrate has remanded Timothy Mtilisanje (28) , Gilbert Kamaliza (29) and Diana Bhagwanji (23). The three were remanded on Tuesday January 21, 2020 and are answering murder charge. They will be on […]
Muslims in Liwonde took to the streets on Thursday to express their anger over the state failure to arrest and prosecute murders of their Muslims, including a police officer who was killed while on duty in Msundwe, Lilongwe and Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) director of corporate affairs Issa Njauju on July 4 2014. They also […]
Lilongwe socialite Waheeda Bagus, who was shot by her lover businessman William Mac Phiri in December 2019, has succumbed to her injuries while at the Kamuzu Central Hospital on Wednesday. The 36-year-old Phiri of Mak Construction shot his ‘baby mama’ Waheeda Bagus, niece to Trade, Industry and Tourism minister Salim Bagus on suspicion that she was […]
Malawi Police in Chitipa are on the hunt for perpetrators of a brutal death of a 75-year-old woman on Saturday identified as Filiness Mulenga whom they accused of practicing witchcraft. Chitipa Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Sub Inspector Gladwell Simwaka said the incident occurred at Kawale Village in Traditional Authority Mwaulambia in the district. He […]
Malawi Police in Bangwe, Blantyre have arrested a 27-year-old woman on suspicion that she killed her husband by stabbing him in the abdomen with a knife. Limbe Police Station Deputy Public relations Officer, Widson Nhlane said on Thursday that the suspect, Ethel Harry stabbed her husband, Charles Malizani aged 27 on December 29, 2019 after […]
A 40-year-old woman was on Saturday stoned to death by an angry mob in Dedza District for being suspected to have killed her sister in-law through black magic though hospital diagnosed her (deceased in-law) with malaria. Dedza Police Deputy Public Relations Officer Sergeant Cassim Manda identified the stoned woman as Namatunga Tisauke Phiri. He said […]
A form-two-student of Nkhotakota Private Secondary School has died in the wee hours of Sunday December 22, after being mercilessly assaulted two-days-ago. According to Nkhotakota Police Public Relations Officer, Williams Kaponda, the deceased identified as Harold Ching’ondo, 17, was assaulted during the night of 19-20 December at Nkhotakota Boma. Kaponda said it is alleged that, the […]
Malawi Police in Dowa are hunting for a man who has allegedly killed his wife over disagreements on green maize she sold. Dowa police spokesperson Gladson M’bumpha said Josam Kapusa from Chauma village killed his wife, Catherane Solomon from Lufeyo village using a hammer. Sources say the two had just reconciled after a break because […]
The High Court hearing murder case of Misonzi Chanthunya have cautioned the suspect over his frequent dropping of lawyers thereby stalling the case. During the hearing on Friday, Judge Ruth Chinangwa said Chanthunya needed to seek the services of state lawyers from the Legal Aid department because the suspect cannot keep private lawyers as they […]
Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi (APAM) has hailed a recent High Court sentencing of four people to death for killing a person with albinism, saying this would deter further killings. The High Court in Blantyre sentenced the four to death for killing 21-year-old Eneles Nkhata of Dowa. APAM president Ian Simbota however said […]
Malawians are urging the State to arrest presidential aide Hetherwick Ntaba following a string of allegations that he is connected to a syndicate that was murdering persons with albinism. Two suspects in the ongoing murder case of Macdonald Masambuka have mentioned Ntaba and as part of the syndicate. Ntaba is yet to make a comment […]