Court Convicts Defiler in Chikwawa
The First Grade Magistrate’s Court in Chikwawa has referred the case file of a 38-year-old man to the Chief Resident Magistrate’s in Blantyre for sentencing after as it convicted Mr. Lenald Kanyama on two counts of defilement and abduction.
First Grade Magistrate Gladstone Chirundu on Friday concurred with the state that the 14 years which the First Grade Magistrate can impose as a maximum is not enough to sentence Kanyama who defiled 11-year-old girls in Maseya area in October last year.
The defilement incident attracted a lot of public outcry which made the Women Lawyers Association of Malawi to join the case in court.
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December 22, 2020 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 3 Comments
Women lawyers, who have been pushing for the prosecution of police officers who allegedly raped some women in Msundwe, Lilongwe say the women lawyers grouping is surprised with the prolonged silence on the matter.
The Women Lawyers Association of Malawi took the matter to court on behalf of the sexual victims.
Women Lawyers Association of Malawi spokesperson Atupele Masanjala said the association lawyers are waiting for the court to set a date to proceed with the Msundwe sexual abuse case.
She said the association is equally surprised that there is silence from the police as well on the matter.