A 54 year old Man jailed for sexual assault on 80-year-old woman in Malawi

A 54-year-old man identified as Biwi Ephraim has
been jailed for sexually assaulting an 80-year-old
woman in Dowa, Malawi. According to Dowa
Police Public Relation Officer, Richard Kaponda,
the incident happened on Tuesday, January 3,
2017, when the victim was coming from
Chiponda village where she went to drink beer.
He said the court heard that the suspect
followed the victim as she left the bar on her way
back home and dragged the victim to a nearby
bush where he sexually abused her.
After four people testified against him and
a medical report from Mvera Mission hospital
revealed that the woman was indeed raped, he
was arrested.
Appearing before the court, Ephraim pleaded with
the court to forgive him saying he has a wife
and seven children and that he was old.
But Magistrate Emulani Phiri who presided over
the case sentenced him to an immediate two and
half years imprisonment with hard labour, as he
had 'specifically targeted a vulnerable victim' due
to the fact that she was drunk.
Source: Nyasa Times