Second Grade Magistrate Court in Mangochi on Tuesday sentenced Ishmael Nazo, 23, to two years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing an iPhone valued
Mr. Emmanuel Okorie, a Lagos-based trader languishing in prison since April, has said he was framed. Okorie hails from Ebonyi but owns a shop at Ikotun Market in Lagos where he sells rice and beans. But currently, Okorie is in Warri Prison in Delta State where he was transferred on May 25 from Federal Correctional Centre, Sapele where he was first remanded by the Chief Magistrate, (Special Grade) Magistrate Court, Effurun, E. A. Odjugo on April 25, 2022.
Group Village Headman (GVH) Mtsiriza has been sentenced to 8 years imprisonment with hard labour by the First the Grade Magistrate Court in Dowa for raping 21-year-old woman.
Police Prosecutor Christopher Daluni told the court that the VGH committed the crime on the night of December 25, 2020, when the woman’s husband went to attend a Christmas party within the village, leaving the wife alone.
While the woman was fast asleep, she felt someone having sexual intercourse with her and when she stirred up, she discover ed that VGH, whose real name is Damiano Chimkango, was on her and she screamed for help but the convict managed to flee the scene.