WOMAN ARRESTED FOR HAVING SEX WITH A MINOR

Police in Dedza are keeping in custody a 38 years old woman for having sex with a 12 year old boy.According to Dedza Police Deputy Public Relations Officer Sergeant Cassim Manda, the woman, Annes Banda is suspected to have been sleeping with the boy between the months of December, 2019 and January, 2020.The issue came to light when the suspect confided in another woman who lives in the same compound with her that she was sleeping with the boy and that she was enjoying it.The suspect’s friend reported the matter to the suspect’s landlady who later took the matter to police.She has since been charged with offence of engaging in sexual activity with a child contrary to section 160B subsection (1) of penal code.Aness Banda hails from Kampanikiza village in the area of Traditional Authority Masasa in Ntcheu district.