It seem issues of defilement refuse to die in Malawi, as Kasungu First Grade Magistrate Court on Friday sentenced two men to stay for ten years imprisonment for defiling little girls.
According to Kasungu Public Relations Officer Inspector Edwin Kaunda two young men Frank Nyirenda aged 28 who defiled a 12 year old girl and John Magombo aged 30 who defiled a 14 year old girl are to remain behind bars for ten years.
According to Inspector Kaunda, the two had in their separate incidences defiled the girls and and appeared before Kasungu Court to face justice.
Kaunda said Nyirenda attacked the girl (name withheld) by dragging her to a bush at place which is between Lukwa Trading Center and Mwimba village. On this day the girl was on her way to a maize mill.
In similar incident John Magombo defiled a 14 year old girl. Magombo who worked for the father of the girl, coaxed the girl to escort him to Chinkhoma Trading Center where he defiled her.
Appearing before Kasungu First Grade Magistrate Court on Thursday both pleaded guilty to the charges of defilement.
In passing the sentence on Friday His worship Damiano Banda while observing that cases of defilement are so rampant in Kasungu district emphasised that the two needed stiffer punishment to protect the society and send a lesson to would be perpetrators.
Some few days ago, a 28-year-old teacher from Mingu Primary School in Ntchisi has been sentenced to 50 months imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a 14-year-old girl who was in standard eight.
Ernest Banda, a 48 year old teacher at Mziza Secondary School is also expected to answer charge of defilement of a 14 year old imbecile, contrary to section 139 of the Penal Code.
Kasungu Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Edwin Kaunda said the teacher, a Seventh Day Adventist, invited in his house the fellow church member (14 year old girl) and defiled her.
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