Africa-Press – Malawi. The First Grade Magistrate Court’s in Mponela, Dowa on Tuesday, February 2022 convicted and sentenced 18-year-old Blessings Chiundireni to four years imprisonment with hard labor after being found guilty of robbery with violence. This offense is contrary to section 301 of the Penal Code.
Mponela Police Prosecutor James Maganga told the court that on March 31, 2021, at around 7 o’clock pm, the complainant, a police officer at the station met the ordeal when was on her way from Mponela Market going home passing Agriculture Institutional Houses.
The court heard that as it was dark, the lady switched on her cell phone torch for lighting. Whilst walking, an unknown person from behind went after her and managed to snatch her cell phone and ran away with it. The convict Blessings Chiundireni comes from Chidothi Village, Traditional Authority (T.A) Mponela in Dowa District.
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