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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Mwafulirwa was serving the prison sentence at Mzuzu Prison after being convicted of defilement (child sexual abuse) but has now been released from jail.<\/p>\n

The release comes as Mwafulirwa has been selected to study Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Midwifery at Mzuzu University after passing with 17 points in 2020 MSCE exams.<\/p>\n

Judge Thomson Ligowe made the ruling which has reduced Mwafulirwa\u2019s sentence. \u2018Upon review, this court has confirmed the conviction but reduced the sentence so as to result to his immediate release,\u201d reads part of the ruling.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Malawi<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. Mwafulirwa was serving the prison sentence at Mzuzu Prison after being convicted of defilement (child sexual abuse) but has now been released from jail. The release comes as Mwafulirwa has been selected to study Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Midwifery at Mzuzu University after passing with 17 points in 2020 MSCE […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":8680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,25,8],"tags":[233,371,256,234,927,2984,2510],"class_list":["post-8681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-featured","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-court","tag-malawi","tag-mzuzu-prison","tag-mzuzu-university-mzuni","tag-prisons"],"yoast_head":"\nYoung man released from Malawi prison after being selected to university - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mwafulirwa was serving the prison sentence at Mzuzu Prison after being convicted of defilement (child sexual abuse) but ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/young-man-released-from-malawi-prison-after-being-selected-to-university\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Young man released from Malawi prison after being selected to university\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mwafulirwa was serving the prison sentence at Mzuzu Prison after being convicted of defilement (child sexual abuse) but ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/young-man-released-from-malawi-prison-after-being-selected-to-university\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-31T02:05:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-11-01T02:25:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2021\/11\/img-617f4fe2e4ed3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"884\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"483\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/young-man-released-from-malawi-prison-after-being-selected-to-university#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/young-man-released-from-malawi-prison-after-being-selected-to-university\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Young man released from Malawi prison after being selected to university\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-31T02:05:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-01T02:25:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/young-man-released-from-malawi-prison-after-being-selected-to-university\"},\"wordCount\":111,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/young-man-released-from-malawi-prison-after-being-selected-to-university#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2021\/11\/img-617f4fe2e4ed3.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Court\",\"Malawi\",\"Mzuzu Prison\",\"Mzuzu University (Mzuni)\",\"Prisons\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"Featured\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/young-man-released-from-malawi-prison-after-being-selected-to-university#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/young-man-released-from-malawi-prison-after-being-selected-to-university\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/young-man-released-from-malawi-prison-after-being-selected-to-university\",\"name\":\"Young man released from Malawi prison after being selected to university - 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