15 years for stealing Namiwawa School vehicle
Principal resident magistrate Innocent Nebi has deplored insecurity that has hit the country, saying it is scaring investors.
Nebi expressed the worry at Blantyre Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday when sentencing three people who stole a vehicle belonging to Namiwawa Private School.
“Your conduct is scaring investors because people are not safe to conduct their businesses. I, therefore, sentence you to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour,” ruled Nebi.
The three, Mustapher Munthali Katona, 26, Charles Isaac Banda, 24, and Fredrick Maseko, 22, did not show any remorse as they were taken to the holding cell at the court, waiting to be taken to Chichiri Prison.
Particulars of the case are that on April 29 2014, at about 7.30pm, Joseph Wirima, proprietor of the school, went to check on security set-up considering that it (school) has been facing robberies during school opening.
When Wirima reached the school, he hooted at the gate, but no one opened it. When he went to open it, the three pounced on him, tied and pushed him into his vehicle, registration KU 3043.
He was dumped at the bush near Mapanga on the Blantyre-Zomba Road.
The three changed the vehicle’s registration to and put it on sale in Mangochi at a cheap price, creating suspicion among people who reported the matter to Mangochi Police.
