A police officer, Jeseph Hebo has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for helping two prisoners to escape from police custody in Mchinji.
The court heard that in August 2020, the convict helped Grevazio Pota and Chimwemwe Manda, who were answering criminal charges, escape from cell at Mchinji Police Station after he had demanded 100 hundred thousand kwacha from them in exchange for passage.
He supplied the criminals with breaking equipment which they managed to damage cell security bars and escaped before they got arrested in Dedza district.
Passing his sentence, Senior Resident Magistrate, Eliya Zawanda, said it was necessary to give the former police officer a custodial sentence as he already knew he was committing an offense
