The Malawi Excessive Court docket in Blantyre has jailed a ancient police officer to 30 years imprisonment for raping a young particular person below custody in a police cell.
Preserve shut justice Vikochi Chima Tuesday sentenced the erstwhile police officer Andrew Chagaga to 360 months in jail with laborious labour for forcing himself on a 17-year-former university student.
Chagaga, who the Excessive Court docket described him as an axis of indecent, dedicated the crime in December 2020 whereas serving as a police officer in Malawi’s business city of Blantyre.
The ancient policeman turned into as soon as arrested after the victimised young lady reported the incident to police.
Limbe First Grade Justice of the Peace Court docket learned Chagaga guilty of the whole prices levelled against him and consequently convicted him accordingly.
Presiding First Grade Justice of the Peace, Soka Banda dominated that the case must be dedicated to Excessive Court docket after the notify made an software searching out for that the convicted Police officer be dedicated to the Excessive Court docket for sentencing.
Chagaga who turned into as soon as convicted of raping a girl twice in police custody turned into as soon as remanded at Chichiri Prison whereas making an strive forward to the Excessive Court docket to hand him a befitting sentence.
Within the the notify is being represented by Trevor Mphalale, Ruth Kaima and Chikondi Chijozi from the Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Aid (CHREAA) and Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC).
Ruth Kaima prosecuting prayed to the Excessive Court docket give Chagaga a stiffer sentence to wait on as a deterrent to the society.
The girl turned into as soon as arrested in December last year in Limbe over idle and disorderly price and she turned into as soon as taken to the Police Web narrate where Chigaga, who turned into as soon as the Custody Officer on responsibility, raped her twice forward of releasing her.
