The Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court has sentenced 20-year-old Kassimu Chilumpha to ten years in prison after he was found guilty of having sex with a 10-year-old boy at the Kachipungu minibus depot.

Lilongwe police spokesperson Inspector Hastings Chigalu said the court was told that the man committed the crime on August 16, 2022.

Sub Inspector Florence Mlanje explained that the boy had no place to sleep after he was afraid to go home after losing the Sh1000 his parents had sent him to buy things at the market.

Kassimu then threatened the boy with a knife and raped him.

They said that since his arrest in 2023, the man has been running away from court, as he would often hide in Maula prison when he was supposed to appear in court.

Senior Resident Magistrate Bracious Kondowe said what the officer did was inhumane as he forced the boy to suck Kassimu’s penis and said ten years is enough for Kassimu to learn a lesson.