Two men who stole a Greener Rifle (Gun) and 17 rounds of ammunitions belonging to Malawi's veteran evangelist, Shadreck Wame, have been sentenced to three years imprisonment.
Convicts, Chisomo Sayenere aged 20 from Kamwana village, T/A Mponela in Dowa district and Michael Esau aged 22 from Godi village, T/A Kabudula in Lilongwe committed the offense when they were working as tenants at the farm of the renowned evangelist.
Police charged the two two tenants with Theft by Servant charges.
Salima Magistrate Court on Thursday, heard that they stole the rifle from the farm house of the Evangelist who was at that time away from home.
Passing the judgement, First Grade Magistrate Alex Kamtiki said the two had an evil agenda to do with the gun as the Greener Rifle is a dangerous weapon which can either injure or kill a person if not properly handled.
He therefore said to set a lesson to others with similar motive the two deserve custodial sentence although the convicts did not use the weapon.
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