The Dedza Senior Resident Magistrate Court has sentenced Daudesiyo Gonya aged 50 and his 51-year-old wife Nalichete Ndeule to seven years imprisonment for possessing a pangolin and medical drugs without permit.
Police prosecutor, Inspector Patrick Chipote told the court that the two, who are herbalists, were keeping the live pangolin and assorted medical drugs at their home.
They both pleaded guilty to the charges and in mitigation, the couple asked for leniency saying they were both bread winners for their family
Passing his verdict, Magistrate Clemence Chamwenda sentenced each of the two to nine months imprisonment for possessing medical drugs and seven years for possessing the pangolin but said the sentences will run concurrently.