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A Malawi presidential guard who lost his loaded gun during a drinking binge at nightclub was on Friday fined more than 20 times his salary, officials said.
Kingsley Mpasu was fined 1,920 dollars (1,410 euros) after pleading guilty to a charge of losing his service handgun, used to protect President Bingu wa Mutharika.
Mpasu, who earns a meagre 88 dollars a month, was given the choice beteween a five-year jail term with hard labour or the fine.
Magistrate Cecelia Onsewa chided the policeman, saying the gun, which was later found, could have been used to commit a crime.
