An 18-year-old boy Abel Andrea is in police custody for allegedly defiling a one year old boy in Ntchisi District.

According to Ntchisi Police Spokesperson Salomy Zgambo, the incident happened on 30th May this year in Mphatsa village T/A Kalumo in Ntchisi District.

She added that, the victim’s mother left the baby with her grandmother and went to harvest maize but upon reaching home from her garden, she was told that the suspect took the baby into nearby bush and defiled her.

However, the medical report showed that the baby was defiled and the suspect will soon appear before court to answer the charges levelled against him