A 24- year old woman, Christina Masina, who hails from Mlangeni Village, Traditional Authority Njolomole in Ntcheu district will spent the next eight years in prison for sexual activities with minors.
She was sentenced by the Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court, on Tuesday 15th February, 2022 while her actions happened in June last year at Chigwirizano location in Lilongwe.
Lilongwe Police Station Prosecution officer, Inspector Richard Kandeya, narrated to the court that the accused person, Christina Masina, was a neighbor to the complainant ( name withheld)who happens to be the guardian to the two victims aged 4 and 6 and both the accused and the complainant were sex workers.
When going out for their nocturnal duties, the two boys ( victims) were spending their night in the accused’s house aa part of security however, on 27th June, 2021straighht from her outing while drunk at around 04:00 hours, Christina, awakened the two young boys and started forcing them to have sexual activities with her, one after the other.
In mitigation, she asked the court for leniency saying she was a first offender and that she has children who look up to her for parental care as she blamed intoxication for her conduct.
However, the state pleased for a stiff punishment as the victims have gone and still going through a traumatic time that may affect their education and social life to the agreement of Senior Resident Magistrate Florence Msekandiana who said the offence was serious in nature and that it attracts a maximum sentence of 14 years imprisonment.
Msekandiana, then slapped Masina with eight years imprisonment with hard labour to deter other would be offenders.