Category : Crime
17 years for sleeping with a minor
Principal Resident Magistrate’s Court in Mzuzu has sentenced Francis Mhone to 17 years imprisonment with hard labour for having sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old girl....
Gender-Based Violence cases spike alarmingly in Dedza
Dedza Police Station Officer-In-Charge, Gift Chiundira, says they have recorded 18, 447 Gender-Based Violence (GBV) related cases in Dedza District alone, up from 2,205 cases...
Case of Mathanga, Kandulu and others continues in 2025
Financial Crimes Division of the High Court has confirmed that the case involving ESCOM’s former Board Chairperson, Jean Mathanga, former Chief Executive Officer, John Kandulu...
Court adjourns SF International case to December
The High Court Division in Lilongwe has adjourned the hearing of the case between Government and SF International to 18th December this year. In the...
The claimant was overpaid — AG
The Malawi Government continues to challenge a $6 million claim by Shiraz Ferreira, owner of SF International Company, which between 2012 and 2013 was awarded...
4 years in prison for theft of cattle
Chikwawa First Grade Magistrate’s court has convicted and sentenced John Justin to 4 years in prison for stealing cattle worth over K1 million from a...
Six netted over vandalism of 16 ESCOM transformers
Six people have been arrested in Lilongwe on suspicion that they were behind the vandalism of 16 transformers in several locations of the capital city...
African Court dismisses Chanthunya’s appeal case
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) in Arusha, Tanzania has dismissed a case filed by Misozi Chanthunya, who was sentenced to life imprisonment...