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Woman gets four years in jail for raping 14-year-old boy

Feb 25, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A 31-year-old woman in Dowa has been sentenced to 4 years in prison for raping a child aged 14. The woman raped the boy on several occasions from January 2020 to February 2021 Dowa Police… ...

Suspect found guilty in K20 million Cashgate

Feb 24, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A court in Lilongwe on Tuesday found businessperson Mainala Reuben Mwale guilty of stealing K20 million from Government. The Magistrate’s Court in Lilongwe found that Mwale trading as Vhaima General Dealers acquired the sum of… ...

High court to deliver ruling next month on plea for Chisale’s re-arrest

Feb 19, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The High Court has set March 15 as day for a ruling on an application by the state for the re-arrest of attempted murder suspect Norman Chisale. Chisale is on bail for attempted murder of… ...

Man jailed 12 years for burglary and theft

Feb 19, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By: Topson Banda. First Grade Magistrate Court in Dowa has sentenced a 26-year old man identified as Chipiliro Chipengure Shuga to 12 years in prison for breaking into a house and stealing items worth K600,000.… ...

Man gets 21 years in prison for sexually abusing sister in-law

Feb 18, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Topson Banda. The Senior Resident Magistrate Court in Ntcheu on Wednesday sentenced a 32-year-old man to 21 years in prison for raping and impregnating his 16-year-old sister in-law. The man has been identified as… ...

Two jailed for escaping lawful custody

Feb 12, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By: Topson Banda. The Nsanje first grade magistrate court has handed prison sentences to two people who escaped from police station. Paul Fombe aged 21 was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for escaping from Nsanje… ...

12 people fined K10,000 each for not masking up

Feb 10, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Mangochi Senior Resident Magistrate's court on Tuesday ordered 12 men to pay K10,000 fine each for not wearing face masks in a public place. Mangochi Police Prosecutor Sub Inspector Emmamuel Kambwiri told the court that,… ...