The Zomba Magistrate Court in Malawi has
sentenced a Pakistan national, Jaral Raja to
16 years in prison for sexually assaulting a
15-year-old girl.
State Assistant Prosecutor, Josophine
Chigawa told the court that Jaral Raja a
businessman trading as Asante Cash and
Carry at Liwonde Township had been
sexually abusing the victim between 13th
and 19th August 2016.
According to her, it all started when the
victim who couldn’t be named for legal
reasons approached the offender offering
to sell him her camera to raise more money
to enable her travel to Zomba to visit her
grandparents, but she ended up being
convinced to work as a house-maid and
earn money that way.
After the deal materialized, Jaral Raja
started to defile the girl who could not
force herself out since she was always
locked inside the house.
When the matter finally came to limelight,
the law enforcers stormed his house and
launched a search only to find the girl
being hidden inside a deep freezer which
was not connected to electricity.
The 33-year-old was immediately arrested
while the victim was taken to Machinga
District Hospital where it was confirmed
that she was indeed defiled.
Appearing before the Chief Resident
Magistrate Agness Patemba, the convict was
charged with two counts of defilement
which is contrary to Section 138 (1) of the
Penal Code and Child Trafficking contrary
to Section 79 (1) of the Child Care,
Protection and Justice Act.
In passing her judgment, the Magistrate,
therefore, slapped Jaral Raja to 16 years
imprisonment for defilement and nine
years for child trafficking that will run
concurrently.
Source: Nyasa Times.
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