The first grade magistrate court in Dedza district has handed down a 25-year prison sentence to the two men who abducted Davis Fletcher Machinjiri last month.
The convicts, Vuto Biswick and Emmanuel Robert on April 23 abducted Machinjiri with intent to traffic him to the Republic of Mozambique where he was later killed.
The two were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit felony, trafficking in person, and abducting with intent to commit murder. They pleaded guilty on all three counts.
However, state prosecutor Patrick Bean Chambuluka said the two still deserved a stiff sentence, arguing that a stiffer sentence always depends on the nature of the crime, circumstances of the offender, and public interest.
Before passing sentence, first grade Magistrate Enete Jiya Banda showed the courtroom audience pictures of the mutilated body of 17 year-old Machinjiri.
Jiya Banda said what the convicts did is unwelcome to the society since a life was lost. She then sentenced them to 6 years imprisonment with hard labour on the first count of conspiracy to commit a felony contrary to section 404 of penal code, 12 years IHL on second count of abducting with intent to murder contrary to section 261 of penal code, sentences which the magistrate said should run concurrently.
The two abductors were also sentenced to 13 years imprisonment with hard labour on third count of trafficking in person contrary to section 15 sub section (1) of Trafficking Act no 3 of 2015.
The High Court has since given the sentences a go ahead.
Meanwhile, Dedza police deputy publicist Cassim Manda has expressed satisfaction with the sentence.
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AAA life in prison bwa akuwanyengerera akupha!!!!!!
Zandiwawa kodi albino mumawatenga ngati kapena nyama zakutchire? Malamulo athu ndiomveka bwino kuti ukapha munthu ukagwira ukaidi moyo wako onse, nanga za zaka 25, 17, zikuchokera kuti?. Mwina tikhulupilire zimen ena akunena kuti ndi bizinezi ya abwana president, akuphawa sangalandile chilango chikhwima apa wakhala pamkhate. Komabe mizimu ikadzakwiya adzapheka.
Bwanji life in prison
Ayi, akaponyedwe ku ng’ona.Ku ndende azikadya chakudya chamisonkho yanthu.
Athu oipa mwawachepetserazaka amafunika30.
Athu oipa mwawachepetserazaka amafunika30.
Only 25 years in jail ok
Addition.40 years in jel
Akugwidwa ndi akatenge kaike anamandwa ali pheee. More needs to be done to come to the bottom of the matter.
Y not killing them??dammit!!
They deserve it, zakazo achepetsanso
Zaka 25 ndizochepa, kukufunika moyo wake onse kapena nawoso aphedwe, mwina atha kusiya mchitidwe wopha anthu otelewa. Chifukwa zaka 25 akachotsera ndi zaka 12 ndi theka. Chilango chikuchepa zedi bola nawo aziphedwa basi.