January 28, 2021 Nyasa Times Reporter 6 Comments
The State prosecutors have asked the Limbe magistrates court to transfer to a higher court a case in which a police officer is accused of defiling a 17-year-old girl in police cell.
Chikondi Chijozi, CHREAA deputy executive director hired to represent DPP as its lawyer
The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) asked the court to transfer the case against the police officer, Andrew Chagaga to Blantyre Chief Resident Magistrate Court.
The court was on Wednesday expected to start hearing the case.
However, Chikondi Chijozi, one of the lawyers representing the office of the DPP, asked the court to transfer the case to Blantyre Chief Resident Magistrate where the suspect can be given a stiffer sentence when convicted.