Month: June 2018 Posts

Man jailed 9 years for raping 73-year-old woman

Jun 08, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Kasungu First Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced Martin Phiri aged 18 to 9 years imprisonment with hard labour for raping a 73-year-old woman. Kasungu deputy public relations officer Harry Namwaza said the rape happened on… ...

Police recover stolen car batteries

Jun 05, 2018 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Police in Limbe on Monday recovered 22 car batteries and arrested seven suspects. The seven were arrested when Limbe CID officers conducted a sweeping operation targeting those selling car batteries suspected to have been stolen.… ...

Man nabbed over drugs

Jun 05, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police in Dedza have arrested a drug store owner for being found in possession of government medical drugs without licence. District deputy police publicist constable Cassim Manda has confirmed both seizure of drugs and arrest… ...

Man jailed for impersonating public officer

Jun 05, 2018 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The Mzuzu Second Grade Magistrate court has sentenced a man to 30 months imprisonment with hard labour for impersonating a public officer. The convict has been identified as Lucius Banda aged 27. According to Mzuzu… ...

Husband stabs wife

Jun 04, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A 20 year old woman in Dedza is in great pain after her husband stabbed her on the neck with a sharp knife. Confirming the incident, district deputy police publicist constable Cassim Manda identified the… ...

Bank robbers get 12 years in jail

Jun 03, 2018 Martha Chikoti 4 &

Two notorious criminals who have been robbing banks in the country have been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Their fellow criminal was handed a nine year sentence by the same Zomba Senior Resident Magistrate… ...

Chief arrested for cleansing village

May 30, 2018 Mike Lyson Zgambo 2 &

Police in Chitipa are keeping in custody village headman Mwambeta of Traditional Authority Mwenemisuku for hiring a herbalist to cleanse his village of witches. The village headman whose real name is Elisha Msukwa aged 34… ...