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High Court of Malawi Criminal Division - 1994 October

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October 1994
R v Chitipula (Revision Case 3 of 1994) [1994] MWHCCrim 3 (27 October 1994)
Court affirms 18-month sentence for bicycle theft, stressing guilty plea and voluntary restitution as key mitigators.
  • Criminal law — Theft — Sentencing — Mitigation: guilty plea, voluntary restitution, and family obligations; plea change diminishes mitigation; sentence affirmed.
27 October 1994
R v Biza (Confirmation Case 993 of 1994) [1994] MWHCCrim 7 (20 October 1994)
Conviction for theft by a public servant quashed due to insufficient evidence and lack of proper stock/accounting.
  • Criminal law — theft by public servant — failure to account — insufficiency of evidence — lack of stock records and alternative access to store-room — conviction quashed on review.
20 October 1994