A HIV-positive Malawian man who said he laid down with no less than 100 young ladies and ladies in customary purifying ceremonies was to be sentenced Tuesday subsequent to being indicted "taking part in hurtful practices".
Eric Aniva was indicted on the requests of President Peter Mutharika after freely talking about his part as a "hyena" in a BBC narrative
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Custom in a few sections of southern Malawi requests that a man, known as a "hyena", is paid to have intercourse with deprived dowagers to exorcize malicious spirits and to avert different passings happening.
At the demand of a young lady's folks, the "hyena" is likewise paid to have intercourse with youthful young ladies to stamp their entry to womanhood after their first monthly cycle.
The custom, which numerous Malawians say is once in a while rehearsed today, is accepted to prepare young ladies to wind up great spouses and shield them from infection or setback that could fall on their families.
After a global clamor over the narrative, President Mutharika requested Aniva's capture in July.
On Friday, in the main instance of its kind, Aniva was discovered blameworthy on two tallies by judge Innocent Nebi following a one-day trial in the area of Nsanje.
The charges, under the sexual orientation balance act, included the custom of sex with dowagers as none of the more youthful young ladies would affirm, as indicated by reports.
At the trial, before a pressed court, the state created six observers against Aniva, 45, who argued not liable.
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The justice said the court had reasoned that "sexual purging damages the pride of dowagers".
State prosecutor Chiyembekezo Banda requested a long jail sentence for Aniva, saying he was most likely in charge of the spread of HIV.
Malawi is one of the most exceedingly terrible influenced nations on the planet, with 27,000 passings from AIDS-related sicknesses and nine percent of the grown-up populace contaminated with HIV.
Aniva faces a conceivable five-year imprison term, as indicated by the BBC.
Michael Goba Chipeta, Aniva's resistance attorney, told the court his customer ought not be imprisoned.
Chipeta claimed for Aniva to not be utilized as "a conciliatory sheep", saying "the exposure he has pulled in is discipline enough".
Before being driven by police to his cell, Aniva informed AFP: "I am not stressed regarding being indicted. I think I will be given a suspended sentence."
His second spouse Sophia, who was in court on Friday, was in tears and declined to address the press.
Aniva said he had laid down with no less than 104 ladies and young ladies, some as youthful as 12, in a custom that keeps going three days.
He said every family paid him a charge of amongst $4 and $7.
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