A Court in Malawi on Monday sentenced a man who kidnapped a four-year-old albino boy in absentia to 21 years in prison. Reacting, president of the Association of People with Albinism in Malawi, Overstone Kondowe, welcomed the harsh sentence but added that it would need to be reviewed once the status of the missing boy is established. “It is a fair sentence. Being the first case this year, we hope it will be a yardstick for further cases,’’ Kondowe added. Since 2014, Malawi has registered 25 albino murders, as well as numerous cases that involved the selling of body parts and grave-robbing.

Source: Punch January 08, 2018 13:41 UTC