Zomba High Court Judge Texious Masoamphambe on Tuesday overturned the conviction and sentence of Pastor Edward Samukera of Living Waters Church, who was convicted of rape and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Mangochi Magistrate’s Court in 2022.
Through the appeal by Legal Aid Bureau, pastor Samukera has been released and his sentence set aside.
According to Legal Aid Counsel Alfred Masamba, the appeal was based on three grounds, that the state did not prove all elements, that the lower court erred in relying on circumstantial evidence of prophetic visions and that the lower court erred in relying on uncorroborated evidence without any other supporting evidence.
The pastor was convicted for allegedly raping his niece who was 16 years old then
