Blantyre magistrate court has handed a 33 year old man  twelve years imprisonment for defiling an 11 year-old girl.

The man stays in Chileka the northwest of the city.

This made police in the city to ask stakeholders and people of goodwill to help in fighting the rising of defilement cases in the city.

Chileka police publicist Peter Mchiza  said Blantyre is registering a lot of defilement cases, therefore ask stakeholders to help and bring about change.