Magistrate court in Mangochi has fined 20-year-old Memory Ng’ombe and Her 18-year- brother K75, 000 each for assaulting a girl 17 accused of being in a love affair with the father of Ng’mbe’s child.
The 18-year-old boy has been identified as Alick Bello.
According to Mangochi Deputy police Publicist Amina Tepani, in the morning of April 16, Ng’ombe and Bello called the victim, pretending to offer her trousers for sell.
Upon arrival at an agreed place, the two took the victim to an uncompleted building where some of their friends were hidden.
Memory forced the victim to kneel down while accusing her of sleeping with her boyfriend. She seized the victims phone.
The victim sustained bruises on the back and reported the the incident at Mangochi police station.
Second grade magistrate Mtunduwatha Mpasu the two to deter other would be offenders.
Both convicts hail from Mapira village in the area of traditional Authority Mponda in Mangochi district.
