Month: July 2021 Posts

Two drivers fined over charcoal

Jul 17, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Two drivers aged 29 and 27 have been ordered to pay fines after they were found transporting bags of charcoal. The Chisenjere First Grade Magistrate Court on Friday fined the two people identified as Isaac… ...

Two jailed for raping teenager at Jenda

Jul 17, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

First Grade Magistrate Court in Mzimba on 14th July sentenced Joseph Banda aged 21 and Emmanuel Theu aged 26, to eight years imprisonment for raping a 19-year-old girl. A circuit court sitting at Champhira heard… ...

Rapist gets 19 years in jail

Jul 16, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The Mzimba Senior Resident Magistrate's Court has sentenced 23-year-old Chikondi Alexander to 19 years in prison for raping a 15-year-old girl. The court heard through state prosecutor Sub Inspector Wyson Julius Phiri that on 13th… ...

Seven in custody for defying farm gate regulations

Jul 15, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Police in Lilongwe have arrested seven people for buying farm produce from farmers without a licence, and using uncertified scales. The suspects are Muhamad John, 35, Iwalani Kuphenda, 60, Fred Phiri, 27, Kondwani Kampioni, Clement… ...

Supreme Court snubs Chanthunya

Jul 14, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Supreme Court of Appeal has refused to overturn the murder conviction of Misozi Chanthunya who was sentenced to life in prison. A seven-member panel of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal as delivered the… ...

Two get 12 years in jail each for stealing items worth K8.6 million

Jul 10, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Two men aged 25 and 36 have been sentenced to 12 years in prison each for breaking into Chipiku Stores in Zomba and stealing items worth K8.6 million. Senior Resident Magistrate Court sitting at Zomba… ...

Man jailed five years for threatening to stab sister

Jul 06, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The Senior Resident Magistrate court in Mzuzu has sentenced a 33-year-old man, identified as Jackie Mwandira, to five years imprisonment for threatening to stab his sister with a knife. During court proceedings it was revealed… ...