The Kasungu First Grade Magistrate court on Monday, August 17, 2015 has sentenced a 30 year-old man to spend 12 years in jail for defiling a seven year old girl.
The Kasungu Police Station Spokesperson, Edwin Kaunda confirmed to the Maravi Post the conviction of Davie Kapichira upon Worship Daniano Banda found him guilty of the defilement charge which Davie committed on the evening of July 4, 2015.
Kaunda told The Maravi Post that the convict committed the crime when he met the girl the time was coming from Mkando village where she went to see her aunt such that Davie grabbed the girl’s neck and dragged her into a nearby bush where the girl was defiled.
‘The girl reported the ordeal to her mother then rushed the matter to Kasungu Police Station which the law enforcers referred the victim to Kasungu District Hospital where medical examination revealed that the girl was really defiled.
Davie was arrested on July 5 that on July 8, 2015 appeared before the court where he pleaded not guilty to the defilement charge. But with five witnesses the state Prosecutor Inspector Griffin Luhanga paraded in court his Worship Daniano Banda found Davie guilty of the defilement charge.
“Although Davie asked the court for lenient punishment based on big responsibility of taking of his family and other relations, worship Banda said that defilement cases were rampant in the district therefore the convict deserved a stiffer punishment to deter those would be offenders”, said Kaunda.
Davie hails from Kawamba village, Traditional Authority (T.A) Wimbe in the central district of Kasungu.
