Month: June 2016 Posts

Man slapped with 7 years for K58 million worth of ivory

Jun 26, 2016 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 33 &

The chief resident magistrate in Machinga district on Friday sentenced 38 year-old James Mwera to seven years imprisonment for killing elephants and selling ivory. According to state prosecutor Dickens Mwambazi, police were tipped that the… ...

Malawian man gets ten years for selling human bones

Jun 25, 2016 Bright Malenga 49 &

A plea that he has two wives and ten children and that all the wives are pregnant did not save a man in Machinga district as he was still sent to jail. The man, 45… ...

Woman arrested for buying bones of albinos

Jun 21, 2016 Bright Malenga 114 &

Police in Machinga district have arrested a 43 year-old woman who wanted to buy bones of a person with albinism. The woman, Mary Gundo, hired two men to get for her bones of a person… ...

Two fined for illegally selling drugs

Jun 15, 2016 Bright Malenga 6 &

The Nselema Third Grade Magistrate Court in Machinga has ordered two men to pay a fine of K40, 000 each for operating a pharmacy without a licence. The two, 41 year-old Dyton Chiponda and 35… ...

Two arrested after being found with human bones

Jun 11, 2016 Bright Malenga 86 &

Police in Machinga are keeping in custody two men for being found in possession of human bones. According to Machinga Police spokesperson constable Davie Sulumba, the two are Mussa Kachepa, 47, and Muhammed James, 27.… ...

Man gets 14 years for raping 3 year-old

Jun 10, 2016 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 35 &

A 28 year-old man was on Wednesday sentenced to 14 years in prison with hard labour for sexually assaulting a three year-old girl in Machinga. The convict identified as Isaac Njaliwa committed the offence of… ...

Three men arrested for possessing ivory

Jun 08, 2016 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 31 &

Machinga police on Sunday nabbed three men for possessing ivory worth millions of Kwacha. Machinga police publicist Davie Sulumba said the suspects were found with ivory weighing 42 kilograms valued at 36 million Malawi Kwacha.… ...