January 28, 2021 Nyasa Times Reporter 6 Comments
The State prosecutors have asked the Limbe magistrates court to transfer to a higher court a case in which a police officer is accused of defiling a 17-year-old girl in police cell.
Chikondi Chijozi, CHREAA deputy executive director hired to represent DPP as its lawyer
The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) asked the court to transfer the case against the police officer, Andrew Chagaga to Blantyre Chief Resident Magistrate Court.
The court was on Wednesday expected to start hearing the case.
However, Chikondi Chijozi, one of the lawyers representing the office of the DPP, asked the court to transfer the case to Blantyre Chief Resident Magistrate where the suspect can be given a stiffer sentence when convicted.
January 8, 2021 Zawadi Chilunga -Nyasa Times 19 Comments
Pakistan national Zeeshan Jaral Raja, 36, appealed for leniency over 16 years jail sentence he was handed for sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl but has turned out to be a painful experience High Court judge Redson Kapindu has slapped him a 30-year jail term for defilement and another 20 years for abduction.
Zeeshan gets more years
The victim coming out from the deep freezer she was hidden
Jaral Raja a businessman trading as Asante Cash and Carry at Liwonde Township was convicted in 2017 by Zomba Chief Resident Magistrate Court on two counts of defilement which is contrary to Section 138 (1) of the Penal Code and Child Trafficking contrary to Section 79 (1) of the Child Care, Protection and Justice Act.
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Senior Resident Magistrate Court in Zomba has reserved bail ruling to Thursday in a case where Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioner Linda Kunje and his official driver Jones Tewesa appeared in the court on charges relating to obstructing the President’s convoy.
Regional Prosecution Officer Josephine Chigawa had prayed to the court that the two should be sent on remand while the State is still investigating the matter.
She told Senior Resident Magistrate Hellen Chitsanzo Kachala that the two may jeopardize investigations once released on bail.
Defence lawyer Chimwemwe Kalua earlier applied for bail, arguing the accused persons were well known and could be easily traced.
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