A 33-year old man in Mzuzu has been sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour for allegedly hacking a 11-year old albino boy in September last year.
Judge Dingiswayo Madise made the ruling to day when the convict identified as Samson Kaumba appeared before the Mzuzu High Court.
Kaumba together with Fiskani Mtambo are allegedly to have persuaded the victim identified as Morton Juma, 11 and hacked him on the neck at a nearby bush in Karonga.
But Court acquitted Mtambo after the State failed to prove him wrong beyond reasonable doubt.
The boy is said to have survived the attack after shouting for help.
