Three men have been jailed for stealing K461, 000 belonging to a village loan and savings group (banki mnkhonde).
One of the robbers was also sentenced to eight years for raping a woman during the robbery.
The Ntchisi First Grade Court convicted and sentenced the three men to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour for robbery which is contrary to Section 30 of the Penal Code.
Ntchisi Publicist Gladson M’bumpha identified the convicts as Josiya Butao, 43, Benjamin Chimbindu aged 32 and Malizani Mkwanthama, 26.
M’bumpha said the three on July 6 broke into the house of a woman who is treasure of Sopani Village Banking Club.
They then stole money amounting to K461,000 and a mattress and one of them Mkwanthama raped the woman.
The matter was reported to police which led to the arrest of the three.
In court the three pleaded guilty to the charges of robbery with violence and Malizani Mkwanthama also pleaded guilty to another charge of defilement apart from robbery.
Before passing judgment, state prosecutor Austin Daudi pleaded with the court to pass a stiff sentences to the offenders saying the offences committed are serious in nature.
Passing judgment, First Grade Magistrate Dorothy Kalua concurred with Daudi and sentenced them to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour each for charge of robbery while Malizani Mkwanthama was also sentenced to 8 years imprisonment with hard labour for defilement. The sentences will run concurrently.
The convicts Josiya Butao comes from Gamba Village, Benjamin Chimbindu is from Msinde 2 Village and Malizani Mkwanthama is from Kandale Village, all from the area of Traditional Authority Chilooko in Ntchisi.
Koma nde zachuluka eee iii nanga Chaponda nde zikhala 30 tu
kkkkkkkk wina kuvulaza mzake zodesa nkhawa 7 yrs kkkkk….kubera anzanu dolla mmayesa mwaiphula? kkk kumaba mwanzeru
oooh,anazisiya pa free range-ndi Dive tu,
There is nothing wrong with the jail term, he took advantage of the poorer to rob the hard earned money.
Chaponda nanga?
And less than ten years for majority of cashgaters who plunded millions of our money.justice in malawi is selective.less than half a million and u sending the guy away for ten years
the two did something bad but the punishment is too harsh
ten years for 2robbers is to much but fair to the one who raped the woman. If iwas a judge i would have charched him life imprisonment coz is the same as killing. why harrasing awoman contrally to her desire? more over sanatchenenso ngati ali ndi aids siwamupatsira mmayiyo? Anayenera kumangiliridwa chimwala ndikumponya nyanja!
making sense NOT
How About chaponda and his crew and uyu waba liti nanga chaponda anaba chaka chanji?????????
Thats Malawi I Knw
ndiyeno anzawo odyeledwa ndalama apindulanji? akadangowalimitsa minda yonse ya ma member agululo lol
Aaaa kubelanso amphawi anzake sibwino, taona anzako ndimfulu yet anasakaza misonkho ya nzika
zofuna
10 years fot stealing 461000.How the CASH GATERS
calculate then
what is bank nkhonde
VILLAGE BANK
Mayineee prison,one of the hard state house. Anyway poti zagwa zatha you will be strong our excellence
That punishiment was better placed, otherwise the money was belonging to poor villagers. Why osakamubera Chadyaka.
magistrate ameneyu ngwabwino akuyenela timpase mpata aweruze milandu ya cashgate
Kubwezezeretsa chitukuko mmbuyo awachita bwino.
Poor planning…….ndalama zophweka kuba ngt zimenezi kumagwidwaso