Malawi’s immediate past president Joyce Banda will not testify in as defence witness in connection with the shooting of budget director Paul Mphwiyo as trial resumes this Thursday at High Court in Lilongwe, her aide has said. The accused will start entering defence and parading their witnesses after the court ruled that former Justice Minister […]
High Court Judge Micheal Mtambo has ruled against application which lawyer for businessperson Oswald Lutepo made for the state to bear the costs of his case after he was formally discharged in the attempted murder former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo. The court determined that the prosecution had failed to provide sufficient evidence […]
Former Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara has survived the first charge of attempted murder in which he has been acquitted but he still has to defend himself on a charge of conspiracy to commit murder in Paul Mphwiyo shooting trial. Kasambara, who is representing himself, is and four others are accused of […]
Former Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier Macdonald Kumwembe and businessman Pika Manondo have both been found with a case to answer on all charges of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder on former budget director Paul Mphwiyo. Making his determination at the Lilongwe, High court Judge Michael Mtambo said prosecution has successfully established a […]
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale has submitted to High Court that the State has presented enough evidence for a prima facie case for the court to find the accused persons in Paul Mphwiyo shooting trial with a case to answer. Kachale, who is on record during the trial accusing the defence of applying […]
A security guard of immediate past president Joyce Banda was conspicously seen as body guard of gun-shot survivor former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo at the High Court in Lilongwe. The guard, Mr Mphangazira was seen on Tuesday with Mphwiyo at the High Court in Lilongwe where prosecution and defence lawyers made their […]
The defence lawyers in the Paul Mphwiyo shooting trial has branded the whole case as a fallacy. Former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara is charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder alongside Macdonald Kumwembe who Mphwiyo identified as the shooter, Dauka Manondo, Pika Manondo, Robert Kadzuwa and businessperson Osward Lutepo. […]
Malawi High Court Judge Micheal Mtambo has refused to revoke bail of suspects in the attempted murder case of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale , who had earlier withdrawn the application on grounds that it was overtaken by events, re-applied for bail revocation of the suspects […]
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale has maintained her stand that the defence in the case of the shooting of Malawi’s former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo is employing ‘mafia-like operations’, allegations that led to a heated argument in court. Kachale said she cannot withdraw her comments that the State is dealing […]
Defence counsel in the shooting of former budget director in the Ministry of Finance Paul Mphwiyo on Friday took turns to poke holes in a call log testimony of three Airtel Malawi officials . The three Airtel Officials, Revenue insurance and fraud management section employee Khumbo Mfune, Senior Radio and Transmission Manager Loyd Gowela and Blandina Noniwa […]
Mobile telecommunications operator Airtel Malawi gave testimony in the shooting of former budget director in the Ministry of Finance Paul Mphwiyo on call logs which showed that shooting suspect McDonald Kumwembe was within Malawi before and after Mphwiyo’s shooting on September 13 2013 contrary to his passport details. Furthermore, the testimony from an Airtel Malawi […]
As the Paul Mphwiyo shooting trial continued on Thursday, defence lawyer Ralph Kasambara blasted the state prosecutors for what he has described as the continued flip-flopping in court. Former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara is charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder alongside Macdonald Kumwembe who Mphwiyo identified as the […]
Lead investigator in the ongoing Paul Mphwiyo’s murder case, Kankwala Chilinda has revealed that there is currently no evidence linking Oswald Lutepo to the attempted murder of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo. Lutepo is yet to enter his plea but the rest – including former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph […]
Sate witness Charles Chalunda has clarified in court that the person he had been conspiring with to kill former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo was Pika Manondo and not businessperson-cum-politician Osward Lutepo. This was after Chalunda had been persuaded to testify by defence lawyer John-Gift Mwakhwawa and Enock Chibwana from the prosecution team […]
Airtel Malawi officials will likely be subpoenaed to High Court to clarify the call logs presented in court ina case involving former minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara and others who are accused of the attempted assassination of former budget director Paul Mphwiyo . Lead investigator Superintendent Kankhwala Chilimba presented the call logs on Tuesday but […]
A case involving former minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara and others who are accused of the attempted assassination of former budget director Paul Mphwiyo took a new twist on Tuesday when lead investigator Superintendent Kankhwala Chilimba accepted that he lied to the court. In his testimony, Chilinda who had put across damning evidence linking several of the […]
As the continuation of the trial in which six accused persons are answering charges of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo, the defence accused the state on “deliberate intimidation” to some of the accused persons. During the preliminary deliberations in Lilongwe High Court registry before […]
Judge Micheal Mtambo presiding the case in the shooting of former budget director in the Ministry of Finance Paul Mphwiyo was not available on Monday for the trial and the case was adjourned to April 7. Mtambo was outside the country, according to judicially spokesperson Mlenga Mvula. “It was discussed between both parties that the […]