Ten men fined for walking at night

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Machinga

CourtThe Ntchisi Second Grade Magistrate’s Court has sentenced 10 men to pay a fine of K12,000 each or in default to serve a three-month jail term for walking at night.

The court heard that the men during the night of March 23 to March 24 this year were found loitering at Ntchisi Trading Centre without apparent reasons and officers concluded that they wanted to commit a crime.

The Police officers arrested the men and charged them with rogue and vagabond.

Passing sentence, Second Grade Magistrate Young Ng’oma claimed that he fined the men to send a warning to other people who walk at night.