Magalasi Acquitted from Murder after 3 Years

Mabvuto Magalasi spent three (3) years on remand without having his case heard. He was arrested and charged on allegations of murdering a friend and neighbor by poisoning.

After being on remand for such a long period of time, the Legal Aid Bureau took up his case during a prison visit. Counsel for Legal Aid Bureau, Molly Nkosi was assigned to represent Magalasi in the case at Court. She says after examining the evidence presented in Court, the Court found no case for Magalasi to answer. He therefore was acquitted.

Worth mentioning is that this is one of the numerous cases handled under the financial assistance from Chilungamo (Justice and Accountability) Programme. The Programme will assist the Bureau for 5 years and currently it is in its third year of provision of assistance to the Bureau.

The Bureau continues to work hard in assisting people accused in criminal cases.
So far in the workload for criminal cases in the year 2019/2020 has increased to 4,530 from 3,443 cases in 2018/2019 representing a 32 percent increase in legal assistance on criminal matters.