Four criminals have been sentenced up to ten years in prison for attacking a man at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital and robbing him of cash and cellphone.

Blantyre Police deputy spokesperson Sergeant Aubrey Singanyama identified the four as Josephy Jekabu aged 40, Arnold Watson aged 34, Peter Makawa aged 37 and Lyford Bonongwe aged 25.

The court heard through state prosecutor Sub Inspector Davie Malithano that the four criminals attacked a man who was coming from his workplace at QECH on 26th September 2022 around 1900hrs.

The criminals went away with a Mobicel cellphone worth K45,000 and K16,000 cash which was found in the victim’s pocket.

The State prosecutor added that the convicts were caught the next day at the same place by police detectives after they organised themselves for another attack.

In mitigations, the convicts who pleaded guilty asked for a lenient sentence saying that they all have family obligations.

Meanwhile, the 4 convicts are also answering another charge of robbery which they committed in the same area.