By Chisomo Phiri
The Chikwawa magistrate court has today convicted and ordered a 25-year-old Christopher Mbewe to pay a fine of K400,000 or in default spend eight months in jail for sharing nude pictures of his girlfriend on social media in May this year after a disagreement.
According to State Prosecutor for Chikwawa Police Station, Sub Inspector Emmanuel Namarwa, the behavior Mbewe portrayed is inhumane and that it brought trauma to the victim considering that the pictures were also sent to the girl’s father.
In his mitigation, Mbewe asked for leniency indicating that he is a university student and first offender, but the court agreed with the prosecution and handed the sentence.
Mbewe who hails from Julius Village Traditional Authority(TA) Katunga in Chikwawa
is yet to pay the fine.
He is now being kept at Chikwawa Prison.
Sharing of nude pictures is an offense contrary to Section 87 of the Electronic Transcation Act.
