Grandfather jailed 10 years for rape
A 59-year-old man was sentenced for raping his 12-year-old granddaughter in Salima District.
Richard London, a 59-year-old grandfather from Chenyama Village in Salima District, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour. The Salima Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court convicted him of raping his 12-year-old granddaughter.
The court found London guilty of the offence, which contravenes Section 138 of Malawi's laws. The sentence includes hard labour, as handed down by the magistrate.
Separately, a High Court judge in Lilongwe ordered the release of a man jailed for 16 years after being tried as an adult when he was a child. This man, identified as CM, had pleaded guilty to sexual intercourse with a 12-year-old girl in Dedza.
Why it mattersA grandfather in Salima has been jailed for 10 years for raping his granddaughter.