Month: November 2021 Posts

Congolese national jailed 10 years for raping child in Dowa

Nov 05, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Dowa First Grade Magistrate Court on Thursday convicted 22-year-old Congolese national to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour for raping a 14-year-old Burundian girl. The court through state prosecutor Sub Inspector Ezara Bakili heard… ...

Gule Wamkulu member rapes boy

Nov 05, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

An 18-year-old Gule Wamkulu member has been arrested in Ntchisi for raping a ten-year-old boy at a Gule Wamkulu initiation camp within the district. Ntchisi Police Spokesperson, Sergeant Yohane Tasowana, said the suspect identified as… ...

Man arrested for sexually abusing 14-year-old girl

Nov 01, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka Police in Zomba are keeping in custody a 20-year-old man identified as Gift Kaliati for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl. According to Deputy Police Spokesperson for Zomba Police station Sergeant Patrick Maseko,… ...

Man gets 21-years in prison for raping 1-year-old baby

Oct 27, 2021 Baxter Mkumba 0 &

Mangochi Senior Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday sentenced 20-year-old James George to 21 years imprisonment with hard labour for raping his 14-month-old stepdaughter. Mangochi Public relations officer Amina Tepani Daudi told Malawi24 that the court through… ...

Judge wants Malawi defilement law changed to protect boy child

Oct 27, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A High Court Judge says the defilement law in Malawi is problematic because it criminalises consensual sex between teenagers who are close in age. High Court Judge, Vikochi Chima, said this in a ruling for… ...

Father jailed 21 years for raping biological daughter

Oct 27, 2021 Baxter Mkumba 1 &

A senior resident magistrate sitting in Mzimba on Tuesday sentenced Chimwemwe Zimba to serve a 21-year jail term for raping his 9-year-old biological daughter. Zimba was arrested in August this year on allegations of raping… ...

Prophet jailed 14 years for rape

Oct 26, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A 20-year-old self-acclaimed prophet in Mulanje has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment with hard labour for raping a 15-year-old girl. The prophet has been identified as Julius Phiri and he was handed the sentence… ...