‘I am a daughter of a sex worker’

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Machinga

The Nkhunga First Grade magistrate court in Nkhotakota has sentenced a student from Nkhotakota College of Education in the district to two years in prison for stealing from fellow students.

The convict, who asked for leniency because her mother is a prostitute, has been jailed for stealing a handset and a laptop bag.

CourtAccording to Nkhotakota Police Public Relations Officer Sub Inspector Williams Kaponda, the student, Shida Kambalo, went to the house of her classmate Owen Chunga and stole a Nokia X2 and a Vico.

Later, the 19 year-old stole a laptop bag from another student.

Police arrested the girl after the students found her with the items.

In mitigation, Kaombe said her mother who is a prostitute dumped her when she was a baby while her father ran away before she was born and that is why she started stealing.

However, Nkhunga Magistrate Buleya did not take the complaints into account and he sentenced the girl to two years imprisonment as a warning to would be offenders.

Kaombe hails from Chilabo village, Traditional Authority Kanyenda in Nkhotakota.