crime

A pastor convicted of defiling a 13-year-old church member was released on Thursday after the Court of Appeal reduced his 20-year prison sentence to 12 years. Pastor Charles Komakech, then 28, was found guilty of aggravated defilement on November 14, 2013, and sentenced to 20 years. He appealed the sentence, […]

Ms Precious Tumuhirwe, a housemaid, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for torturing a four-year-old girl and causing her bodily harm for defecating in her pants. The 37-year-old Tuhuhirwe appeared before Kira Court Chief Magistrate Shallon Niwaha on Friday. This follows a trial that weighed the severity of […]

Ms Precious Tumuhirwe, a housemaid, pleaded guilty to torturing a four-year-old girl and causing her bodily harm for defecating in her pants. The 37-year-old Tuhuhirwe appeared before Kira Court Chief Magistrate Shallon Niwaha on Friday. Tumuhirwe was arrested following footage in which she was filmed brutalizing a child in her […]

The Supreme Court has upheld a 26-year and 5-month sentence for Abdul Bossa, who was convicted of aggravated robbery and murder. Bossa was initially sentenced by the High Court in Kampala after pleading guilty to robbing and murdering his workmate, Isaac Ainemanyi. The robbery involved Shs40 million. The High Court […]