Crime Archives

Three men sentenced to eight years in jail for house breaking, theft

Mar 17, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A Magistrate court in Rumphi on Monday sentenced three men to 8 years imprisonment with hard labour for breaking into a house where they stole a Sumsang laptop and a flash disk. The Court heard… ...

Bushiri reveals how he left South Africa

Mar 07, 2021 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

Fugitive Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has in an exclusive interview last night revealed how he left South Africa where he faces money laundering, fraud and corruption charges. The alleged escape of Major 1, as he is… ...

Court acquits 8 people accused of damaging road

Mar 07, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka Eight people in Phalombe have been acquitted on charges of damaging a road, the ruling coming after the eight had been on bail for 14 months during which they were spending K10,000… ...

Man slapped with 14-year sentence for raping niece

Mar 05, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Michael Chiotcha A 35-year-old man identified as John Chinkango has been sentenced to 14 years in prison in Balaka for raping and impregnating his 15-year-old niece. Balaka First Grade Magistrate’s Court handed out the… ...

Man gets 42 months in jail for being found with firearm in Vwaza Marsh

Mar 04, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A man aged 51 has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for being found with a firearm at Vwaza Marsh Game Reserve in Rumphi. The convict has been identified as Julius… ...

12 fined K256,000 for contravening Covid-19 regulations

Mar 01, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Dowa First Grade Magistrate's Court has ordered twelve people to pay fines amounting to K256,000 for contravening Covid-19 rules and regulations. The court through state prosecutor Sergeant Joseph Banda heard that the 12 were… ...

G4S Guards arrested for assaulting boy

Feb 28, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Police have arrested two G4S guards for assaulting a boy accused of stealing a packet of spaghetti from a Chipiku Shop at Kasungu Boma. The guards have been arrested this morning following a video clip… ...