Police investigator Benjamin Ng’ambi yesterday told the High Court of Malawi that the recovery of gadgets and other items allegedly belonging to Agnes Katengeza led to the arrest of her brother and sister.
Standing in the witness box in Lilongwe yesterday as the State’s 13th and final witness in the murder trial, he said investigations began after Katengeza’s vehicle was found abandoned behind Gateway Mall on September 24 2023, with her body concealed in the boot
Ng’ambi said the vehicle was locked, its keys were missing and the passenger side window was broken. He said police officers opened it using a spare key obtained from an officer at the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) where the deceased worked.
He said officers found Katengeza’s body coiled in the compartment intended for a spare wheel, with the spare tyre placed on top of it.
Katengeza. | Nation
Ngámbi said pol i ce subsequently focused their investigations on recovering an iPhone 6 which was stolen from her bedroom days before she went missing.
He said investigators tracked the phone to Blantyre, where its new user told them he bought it from her brother
Amos Katengeza, who was subsequently arrested in Blantyre while carrying other gadgets that Agnes was allegedly carrying on the day she went missing.
The items included an iPhone 13, iPad, HP laptop, Inuka products and a small black bag.
Ng’ambi said investigators also examined telephone records involving Amos, Egnat Katengeza and Agnes. He said the records did not
show frequent calls between Amos and Egnat around the relevant period, despite Egnat reportedly saying she was receiving frequent calls from Amos.
In her statement, Egnat said Agnes was her biological younger sister and that she had spoken to her on the day in question while she was in town.
State lawyer Dzikondianthu Malunda said in an interview that Ng’ambi will complete his testimony today
