What began as a normal community pre-wedding celebration has spiralled into a nightmare for a 14-year-old girl from Mulanje. After being brutally defiled twice, the Standard Six learner is now being subjected to punitive labour by local law enforcement, while her alleged perpetrator walks free. The justification provided by officers at the Mthiramanja Police Unit (also known as Chikuli), according to the victim’s mother, was that because both th…
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