By Chisomo Phiri
Blantyre Chief Resident Magistrate Court on Thursday failed to start hearing a sodomy case involving a Dutch national Wim Jan Akster because its case-file went missing.
State lawyer Victor Jere stated that a court clerk informed them of the file’s disappearance, adding that efforts are underway to locate it so that the case can continue.
“We will liaise with the court to trace the file and our hope is that the case will resume soon,” said Jere.
Akster was arrested in 2021 on allegations of forcing children who were beneficiaries of a bursary program from a humanitarian agency Timotheus Foundation where he was working.
The case has been dragged to court for the past four years .
