Month: February 2022 Posts

Man jailed 21 years for raping his daughter

Feb 18, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Principal Resident Magistrate Court in Mzuzu yesterday sentenced a man to 21 years in prison with hard labour for raping and impregnating his 14-year-old daughter. The court through state prosecutor SubInspector Chris Nyirongo heard that… ...

Malawi Court rejects disbarred lawyer’s application

Feb 09, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The High Court has rejected an application by lawyer Christopher Chiphwanya seeking to set aside the 2016 court order barring him from practicing the law in Malawi. Chiphwanya was disbarred for unprofessional conduct after jeopardized… ...

Nigerian gets 6-year jail term in Malawi over drugs

Jan 19, 2022 Contributor* 1 &

A 23-year-old Nigerian national has been sentenced to six years in prison in Malawi for being found in possession of cocaine and cannabis sativa. The chief resident magistrate's court in Lilongwe last week handed the… ...

Malawi Police officer sentenced to 30 years in prison for rape

Jan 18, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A Malawi Police officer has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for raping a 17-year-old girl at Limbe Police Station. Chagaga raped the teenager on two occasions in December, 2020 after she was detained… ...

Two Mozambicans jailed 6 years for human trafficking

Jan 14, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Mangochi Senior Resident Magistrate's Court on Thursday sentenced two Mozambican nationals to 6 years imprisonment each for trafficking six Malawians aged between 19 and 28 to Mozambique. Batisha Kasimu, 34, and White Alick, 31, contravened… ...

Ex-convict sentenced to 14 years in prison for robbery

Jan 14, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Mangochi Senior Resident Magistrate's Court on Thursday sentenced 34-year-old Daudi Mustafa to 14-years imprisonment with hard labour for breaking into a house and robbing a businessman of 3 million Malawi Kwacha. The court through State… ...

Aunt Tiwo goes to court

Jan 12, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Tiwonge Chimbalanga, also known as Aunt Tiwo, was at a court in South Africa yesterday to show support for a homeless man accused of setting fire to Parliament. Aunt Tiwo was among a group of… ...