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Law and order, Malawi

Malawi’s Mwanza Court clerk Weston Jussa re-arrested for persistent defiling step daughter

Maravi Post Reporter

MWANZA-(MaraviPost)-Malawi police at the border district of Mwanza are keeping in custody a court clerk after for defiling his 12 year old step daughter.

The court clerk identified Weston Jussa aged 51 at Mwanza magistrate court was on June 22, 2021 rearrested for continuing to defile step daughter.

Mwanza police station publicist Edwin Kaunda told The Maravi Post that the suspect in November 2020 was arrested for defiling the said step daughter and was granted bail by court

“However, the suspect never stopped indulging in sexual intercourse with the girl after his release.

“The girl got tired of what his step father was doing to her and she informed some well-wishers who alerted the police. Jussa will appear in court soon to answer the second charge of defilement,” says Kaunda.

The suspect Jussa hails from Kalupysa village, Traditional Authority (TA) Mbenje in Nsanje district.

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Shameful! Malawi’s Mwanza police officer Francis Ntalawe arrested for aiding stolen car smugglers

Maravi Post Reporter

The car suspected to have been stolen

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-The Malawi Police in Mwanza are keeping in custody a fellow officer for aiding three people smuggle a Toyota Land Cruiser allegedly stolen from Republic of South Africa.

The Maravi Post ‘s sources identified the suspect officer as Sub Inspector Francis Ntalawe of Thambani Police Unit, who aided three others to smuggle the vehicle which had a fake Malawian registration number BW 4449.

But Mwanza police spokesperson Edwin Kaunda has only confirmed the arrest of three other people denying to comment on the colleague.

Kaunda confirmed to The Maravi Post arresting the driver Gift Henry Banda aged 33, Mussa Sawabu 23 and Lahim Mtambo 23, but was mum to comment the colleague.

Kaunda says they intercepted the vehicle on Thambani road as it nearly reached Mwanza boma, following a tip off from well-wishers.

Banda told the police that he bypassed Mwanza border because he had no money to pay duty tax, but verification with Interpol revealed the vehicle was stolen at gun point in South Africa on May 19th this year, according to Kaunda.

All the three who come from Mangochi district are expected to appear in court upon completion of police investigations currently underway.

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Malawi court slaps man with four years jail term for stealing ATM Cards

Maravi Post correspondent

Malawi Police
Edwin Kaunda, Mwanza Police PRO

MWANZA-(MaraviPost)- A 32-year old man has been sentenced to four years in prison by Mwanza Magistrate Court for stealing Standard Bank and National Bank Auto Teller Machine (ATM) cards belonging to his girlfriend.

The man, identified as McDonald Mbendera, was handed the sentence by First Grade Magistrate Ranwell Mangazi on Friday after he was found guilty of stealing ATM cards belonging to his girlfriend in September this year at Mchotseni in the district.

Mbendera was found guilty of the offence after the four witnesses who had been lined up by the Prosecution side concluded giving their testimony against him in the case.

 Mwanza Police Station spokesperson, Edwin Kaunda, told The Maravi Post on Saturday that the court heard that the convict stole two ATM Cards of his girlfriend Mercerina Magombo and used them withdraw cash from the partner’s bank accounts.

Kaunda said when the victim wanted to use the cards she was surprised to discover that her ATM Cards were missing, and efforts from relatives on the same proved futile.

Magombo eventually reported the matter to Mwanza Police station which later launched a man hunt until Mbendera was arrested on September 17, 2016, and the two missing ATM cards were recovered.

“Unfortunately, further inquiry into the two banks revealed that the convict had already withdrawn cash from his girlfriend’s account amounting to MK507, 000.00.

“Although MC Donald pleaded not guilty to the charge, the police prosecutor Sergeant Joshua Chirambo successfully paraded four witnesses against him and that at the end of the trial he was found guilty.

“Consequently, His worship Ranwell Mangazi sentenced Mbendera four years in jail with hard labour for theft which is contrary to section 278 of the Penal Code”, said Kaunda.

MC Donald Mbendera hails from Nampale village, Traditional Authority (T.A) Kawinga in Machinga district.

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Malawi court in Mwanza slaps man to eight years in jail for defilement

Maravi Post correspondent