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April 2021
Kasale & 7 Others v R (Miscellaneous Criminal Application 49 of 2022) [2021] MWHC 381 (11 April 2021)
Convictions for harmful cultural practices quashed due to defective particulars, irregular guilty pleas, and insufficient supporting facts.
  • Criminal law — Harmful cultural practices (Child Care, Protection and Justice Act s80/s83) — Sufficiency of particulars — Plea-taking formalities (CP&EC s251) — Necessity to prove nexus between cultural practice, timing and harm — Defective pleas fatal — Conviction quashed — Retrial declined.
11 April 2021