Mangochi Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court on Monday, June 7, 2021, convicted and sentenced Patrick Bannet, 73, to 12 years Imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL)/for defiling a 13-year-old girl.
During court proceedings, Mangochi Police Prosecutor, Sub Inspector Maston Chitsonga, told the court that, both the victim and the accused stay in the same compound. On the night of April 17, 2021 the victim went out to release herself in readiness to go to bed.
In the process, the accused emerged from his house and found her under the masawu tree passing urine.
Police narrated that the accused grabbed and forced the little girl down and defiled her. He used his hands to cover her mouth so that she could not scream and also threatened to deal with her if she would reveal it to anyone.