Crime Archives

Man jailed for 2 years for stealing from shop

Jun 30, 2016 Bright Malenga 23 &

The Nkhunga Court in Nkhotakota has convicted and sentenced 29 year-old Gomezgani Munthali to two years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing assorted items from a shop in the district. According to Nkhotakota Police Public… ...

Two Malawians jailed in Zambia for claiming they can raise the dead

Jun 30, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 64 &

A court in Zambia has sentenced two Malawians to three years in jail each for conning several people in the country. The pair are said to have obtained 54,500 Zambian Kwacha by false pretence. The… ...

Police net three for robbery

Jun 30, 2016 Luke Bisani 13 &

Police in Blantyre city have arrested three men suspected to have stolen K10, 000 from two people at Chemusa Township. The suspects, Moses Phiri, 17, Hassan Adam, 19, and Christopher Chafulumira aged 19 robbed the… ...

Cellphone thief gets 15 years

Jun 29, 2016 Martha Chikoti 108 &

Midima senior resident magistrate court has sentenced a 33 year-old man to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for breaking into three houses and stealing a cellphone. Deputy public relations officer Pedzesai Zembeneko confirmed the… ...

Village headman rapes eight year-old child

Jun 29, 2016 Martha Chikoti 65 &

Police in Kasungu district have arrested a 55 year-old village headman for raping an 8 year-old girl. Kasungu police public relations officer Edna Mzingwitsa identified the suspect as Damiyano Puye of Mthumirayani Village, Traditional Authority… ...

Man earns 7 year jail sentence for aiding sale of human bones

Jun 28, 2016 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 23 &

The chief resident magistrate court in Machinga on Monday sentenced a 27 year-old man to seven years in prison with hard labour for aiding the selling of human bones which is contrary to section 16… ...

Another Pastor in for murdering daughter

Jun 28, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 36 &

It is not simply fast becoming a nation of murderers, it is also fast becoming a nation in which the murderers are the men of the cloth. Police in the eastern region of Malawi, in… ...