Pakistani gets 20 more years after appeal: Malawi court says earlier sentence of 16 years manifestly inadequate
Pakistan national Zeeshan Jaral Raja, 36, appealed for leniency over 16 years jail sentence he was handed for sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl but has turned out to be a painful experience High Court judge Redson Kapindu has slapped him a 30-year jail term for defilement and another 20 years for abduction.
Jaral Raja a businessman trading as Asante Cash and Carry at Liwonde Township was convicted in 2017 by Zomba Chief Resident Magistrate Court on two counts of defilement which is contrary to Section 138 (1) of the Penal Code and Child Trafficking contrary to Section 79 (1) of the Child Care, Protection and Justice Act.
Raja abducted a girl child and defiled her repeatedly before hiding her in a fridge when her parents and the police were looking for her after going missing.
Newly promoted High Court Judge, Agnes Patemba while serving as a Chief Resident Magistrate at Zomba registry, convicted and sentenced him to a 16-year jail term for defilement and 8 years for abduction which the convicted appealed at the High Court.
Delivering his ruling on Friday, Kapindu said he Rajah’s sentence to deter others from committing similar offences.
The judge said actually the trial court was lenient with him as the 16-year sentence was manifestly inadequate.
Furthermore, Justice Kapindu also ordered the department of Immigration to send the convict Rajah back to his home country, Pakistan at the end of his custodial sentence.
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it harsh. this not murder. the girl was not even a virgin. And Indian man shaft is as good as a 10 year old. unless the tried to bribe you judge and you are angry.
Mbuzi ya munthu.
Nyekhwe is real. Give him an opportunity to send a message of fair well to Pakistan, saying, ” Allahandullilla tuchionegana Ambuje kummlungu pitakole chanasa niumi wangu. Jama ndili akuno mpakana 2071. Shetwani anganganiche.”
He even send the message whilst in prison to some of us that he will kill us when he get released.he is a dangerous man
Sanathawe ngati Bushiri? He deserves that sentence. Anawa are being abused because they have no place in secondary schools as seen by the results we have. We are subjecting them to abuse because they want to survive. Education is for the rich. Mwenye amazunza kwambiri.
It won’t deter other people because, as you can see from the comments, Malawi is inherently racist and think Asians or Mzungu are inherently different. A Malawian seeing this sentance will simply think this is a sentence for an Asian person and it won’t apply to them. In addition, most of the assaults are by uneducated people who probably don’t know the law, particularly because the Malawi elitist society makes all the laws in English without translating it into local languages (EU translates its laws into 23 different languages, it’s not difficult for Malawi to translate into its native non… Read more »
Kodi munthuyi akuti chiyani? I don’t get it! Mbwelela basis!
Erik P…chitsiru cha mmunthu…do not think your stupid logic applies to all Malawians..where is your proof that Malawians are inherently racist..can you give us proof or backing point that Malawians will think that the judgement is for Asians..instead of putting Malawians…put “I” as in you..YOU STUPID DUMB ASS
Man, please follow events in Malawi properly. Last year a boss at MASM was involved in defilement case, and he is educated. Some uneducated people have manners as compared to some educated savages.
He gets 30 years because he is light skinned, but local black men rapping women including perpetrators of the msundwe saga roam freely, indeed justice has been upheld, shame to this judge!
Why waste resources. Send him back and let them deal with him.
Foseki
The crime was committed in Malawi and he should serve the sentence there. Akapita kwawo they will not even put him in prison
Bushiri should also be sent to South Africa as crime was committed there.
This guy will find his way out of jail through a huge bribe. It will be reported : ” a prisoner has escaped and Police are on manhunt” long after he has been helped to flee the country.
When we say the courts should be tough on Asians we mean those involved in corruption and milking our economy but are still free in the streets so let’s not use this poor horny Asian who is already convicted as sacrificial lamb for the courts to show case their teeth. Get the real bad boys. That said iam not undermining the seriousness of this guys crime. We don’t need this type of people abusing our girls in the street regardless of color, black or white they are all evil beings.
What do you want in life?
Picture your relation being victimized by this guy, and you talk like this?
In one of nigeria State they’ve put a law for surgical castration or hanging for anyone found raping
No one is white, nor black, but pink and brown
Usadzayambirenso, warn ur friends our High Court judges simaseweretsa