Crime Archives

Human trafficker gets 116 year jail term

Oct 13, 2017 Luke Bisani 0 &

The Mchinji first grade magistrate court has sentenced a man to 116 years Imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL) for trafficking eleven people to Mozambique. The convict Stanley Matiya is reported to have trafficked 8 adults… ...

Dollars, Meticals land man in cooler

Oct 13, 2017 Bright Malenga 2 &

Police in Mwanza have arrested Cossam Kangulu, 22, for being found with United States dollars and Mozambican Meticals. Kangulu was found with 300 US dollars and 6700 Meticals at Mwanza. He was asked to produce… ...

Students torch office

Oct 13, 2017 Bright Malenga 0 &

Seven students are in police custody after setting fire to their own school property. Students of St John Bosco Secondary School in Mzimba on Thursday set ablaze the school’s administration block. Police in the district… ...

Driver fined over crash that killed student

Oct 12, 2017 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Mangochi first Grade Magistrate court has fined a 32-year old driver for causing the death of a student through careless driving. According to Mangochi Police spokesperson Amina Daudi, on July 22 at around 10am the… ...

Driver jailed after threatening to kill traffic officer

Oct 12, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

A minibus driver who threatened a traffic police officer with a panga knife has been jailed for 20 months. According to Machinga police publicist Davie Sulumba, 35-year-old Christopher Mushe told the police officer he would… ...

14 years for raping one-year-old stepdaughter

Oct 12, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

A court in Machinga on Wednesday sentenced to 14 years in prison a rapist who raped his one-year-old stepdaughter. The rapist has been identified as Kabichi Botomu aged 36. Machinga police publicist Davie Sulumba said… ...

‘Bloodsuckers’ violence in Blantyre

Oct 12, 2017 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 1 &

Blantyre has become one of the districts affected by reports of blood sucking after a chief and a councillor were attacked by an angry mob in the district. An angry mob in Blantyre on Tuesday… ...