Crime Archives

Malawi’s weak laws fueling public looting

Jan 05, 2016 Thula Chisamba 16 &

Investigations this publication has conducted indicate that Malawian public servants are the ones fueling the county’s downfall with their enduring habit of swindling taxpayers’ money as there are no serious laws and regulations that may… ...

Child rapist jailed for 12 years

Jan 05, 2016 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 27 &

Nkhotakota first grade magistrate court has sentenced a 42 year-old Malawian man identified as Justin Moffat to 12 years in prison for defiling a 12 year-old girl in the district. The court was told by… ...

Malawian kills his fellow countryman in South Africa

Jan 02, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 296 &

A Malawian in South Africa on New Year’s Day stabbed to death a fellow countryman by stabbing him with a knife after a quarrel that had started on Christmas day, Malawi24 has learnt. Both men are yet… ...

2015: A year of defilement, rape, and suicide cases

Jan 01, 2016 Thula Chisamba 20 &

As Malawians celebrate the New Year, law enforcers in Malawi’s northern region are flashing back at how cases of defilement, rape, and suicide as well as murder gave them tough time in the just ended… ...

Lilongwe man jailed for stealing from a grave

Jan 01, 2016 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 72 &

Gift Manison, a 19 year-old Malawian man in Lilongwe city , has been sentenced to 15 months in prison with hard labour by the Dedza first magistrate court after being found guilty for the offence of… ...

Drunkard severely scalds his friend with hot water

Dec 31, 2015 Thula Chisamba 23 &

Malawi police in the northern region district of Mzimba have arrested 20 year-old Khumbo Shaba on charges of indecent assault after he dipped his drunkard in a pot of hot water used to brew Kachasu at… ...

Girl commits suicide in Nkhotakota

Dec 31, 2015 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 143 &

A form four student at Lozi Secondary School in Nkhotakota, Cecelia Kazala, was found hanging in the early hours of Wednesday morning after committing suicide, Malawi Police say. According to her family members, the deceased, 21… ...