The Mzimba First Grade Magistrate’s Court on Friday sentenced Higi Chirwa (35) to eight years imprisonment with hard labour for robbing a TNM sales agent of airtime and K700 000.
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Speaking in an interview on Monday, Mzimba Police spokesperson Gift Nyirongo said the incident happened on February 21 this year.
Nyirongo said Manyanani Chirwa, from Meria Investment, was on a motorcycle routine business tour to distribute TNM airtime from Bulala in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Chindi when he was robbed.
“Before Lunjika Hills, he saw two men in front of him. One of them threw a panga at him and he lost balance and fell down.
“One of them grabbed a bag which contained airtime and money as the other forced him down,†said Nyirongo.
He said a shopkeeper at Eswazini Trading Centre, where the robbers had temporarily stopped after the robbery, identified Chirwa which led to his arrest.
