NTCHISI MAN FINED K180 000 FOR MALICIOUS DAMAGE

Ntchisi Second Grade Magistrate's Court has ordered a 42-year-old man to pay a fine of K180 000 for malicious damage which is contrary to section 344 of the penal code. The court heard that the convict Noel Nyanda on January 7 2016 at Ntchisi Hospital Market wilfully and unlawfully damaged one fun, three cell phones, one subwoofer, one DVD play, one mirror glass, two shaving machines and one extension all valued at K117 000 belonging to Chikondi Kambani, 19, of Chananga Village in the area of Traditional Authority Kalumo in Ntchisi district.

The court further heard that the complainant was shaving the daughter of the convict in his barber shop as he is a barber man and in the process, the convict went at the barber shop and started throwing stones to the complainant suspecting him to be in love affair with his daughter. then the complainant escaped which made the convict to enter into the barber shop and started damaging all the properties in the shop. The convict pleaded guilty and when passing the sentence, Second Grade Magistrate Young Ng'oma said he gave him that judgment to deter others with similar behaviors

The convict Noel Nyanda hails from Mgungu Village in the area of Traditional Authority Kalumo in Ntchisi district.