BLANTYRE, MALAWI In her judgment Monday, Judge Dorothy Nyakaunda Kamanga sentenced five people to life imprisonment with hard labor for the death of MacDonald Masambuka.
Judge Kamanga also sentenced Catholic priest Thomas Muhosha, police officer Chikondi Chileka and three others to 30 years.
In her ruling on June 27, Judge Dorothy NyaKaunda Kamanga said, “They lured him into believing that they had found a prospective wife for him and that they should go and meet her - that ended up being his death trap," adding that "The convicts took advantage of the deceased's psychological need for love."“The offence was motivated by the disability of the deceased, that of albinism,” Judge Kamanga said in Blantyre.
The High Court in Blantyre is today scheduled to sentence convicted Catholic Priest Father Thomas Muhosha and 11 others in the MacDonald Masambuka murder case.
In her judgment Monday, Judge Dorothy Nyakaunda Kamanga sentenced five people to life imprisonment with hard labor for the death of MacDonald Masambuka.
Judge Kamanga also sentenced Catholic priest Thomas Muhosha, police officer Chikondi Chileka and three others to 30 years imprisonment with.