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Malawi, Obituaries

Coca-Cola Beverages Sales Manager Allan Witika murdered in Lilongwe

Maravi Post Reporter

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Coca-Cola Beverages Sales Manager Allan Witika is suspected to have been killed on Wednesday morning, September 20, 2023 along his Gogo Jenara Street, Area 15 in the capital Lilongwe.

According to the late Witika’s houseboy, his boss left his house saying he was going to work before 7 o’clock in the morning.

But late just saw his boss workmates coming to the house asking Allan’s whereabouts.

“It’s when it was learnt that Witika was found dead in car company along the same road-side,” says the houseboy.

An eye witness also said she saw a man coming out of the car around 7 am, wearing a red top and white gloves.

“He drove the car from Bwandilo side and parked it there, then he came out, locked the door and left,” witness said.

Lingadzi Police Station publicist Salome Zgambo told the local press said THAT the position of the dead suggests that Witika, 37, was murdered.

Zgambo said preliminary findings show Witika may have been murdered elsewhere and shifted to where his car was found parked.

She said: ” We think this happened between 6am and 7am this morning…and the position of the body shows that this is murder. The body was moved from the front seat to behind the seats and had deep cuts in the head. We have since opened a murder docket.”

According to police Witika hailed from Liwonde Village, Traditional Authority (T.A) Kanduku in Mwanza District

Law and order, Malawi

Lilongwe lady Janet Shaba arrested for theft, forgery

Maravi Post Reporter

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Malawi Police Service at Lingadzi Station in the capital Lilongwe are keeping in custody a 44 year old woman Janet Shaba on suspicion that she has been duping various individuals in the district.

Lingadzi Police Station publicist Salomy Zgambo said according to police records, in 2020 Shaba who was renting a house in Area 14 belonging to Mrs Kamia Kaluma Sulumba borrowed MK40 million from Mr Philimon in City Centre.

“After the agreed period, the suspect failed to settle the loan whereby she lied that she owned the house she was staying and consequently asked the owner of the money to top her up in order to buy the said property from her.

“She managed to forge the documents of the house and duped Mr Philimon who later discovered the real owner of the house after the suspect fled to unknown destination”, said Zgambo.

Police publicist added, “It is also reported that, in April this year the suspect hired a motor vehicle on self-drive and forged the blue book before she gave it as collateral to the loan shark at MK1.2 million at Walilanji area which was later recovered by the police.

“Similarly the suspect reappeared in June, 2023 and rented another house in Area 18 and received the sum of K1.5 million from another person she convinced to buy the house however she was arrested by the police in the process of forging documents.”

She added, “Meanwhile similar complaints are still popping up and Investigations are underway. She will appear before court after the completion of paperwork”.

Shaba hails from Shaba village, Traditional Authority (T.A) Mthwalo in Mzimba.

Law and order, Malawi

Malawi’s habitual criminal Molosoni Phiri jailed 21 years for theft

Maravi Post Reporter

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Lilongwe Resident Magistrate Court on Thursday,October 22, 2020, convicted and sentenced Molosoni Phiri to 21 years imprisonment with hard labour for robbery and malicious damage offenses.

Molosoni was answering two counts: malicious damage contrally to section 304 of the penal code and robbery contrally to section 301 of the penal code.

Lingadzi Police station publicist Salome Zgambo told The Maravi Post that the court heard through police prosecutor Grace Mafosha that on May 23 2020, Molosoni along with his friends invaded Lilongwe water board in Area 10 and damaged three vehicles as well as stealing properties worth MK4,265,000 million.

Mafosha pleaded with the court for stiffer punishment because Molosoni is the habitual criminal. She said that he was released from jail in February 2020, and that he is currently serving another 12 year jail term sentenced by Mponela Magistrate Court for similar offence in July 2020

“Mafosha further said before committing the present offence, in April alone he also committed two similar offence: one at Airwing and the other one at 6 miles.

“Molosoni was convicted on his own plea of guilty on both counts. In mitigation, Molosoni asked court to give him the punishment in consideration that he is already serving another sentence. He also asked the court to consider untried cases he is answering,” says Zgambo.

Passing judgement, the Residence Magistrate Viva Nyimba believed the evidence by the police prosecutor. He said that mitigation factors are outweighed by aggravated factors in the way that he is repeated offender.

He further said that the accused person has been a habitual criminal since he was 26 years old. Giving him a long term sentence will give a sigh of relief to the public, hence slapped him to 18 years for robbery and 3 years for malicious damage. The offences to run consecutively.

Molosoni Phiri 42 years, hails from Wachaka village in Traditional Authority Wasambo in Karonga.