According to the court records, the convict performed a sexual act on a 12-year- old pupil in the girls dormitory at Makos High School during prep in June 2016. However, Justice Abodo convicted him of indecent assault after prosecution failed to prove that the sexual act took place.
Mark Rashid, the bursar of Makos High School in Kawempe division, initially charged with aggravated defilement, was convicted on a different crime after the prosecution failed to prove that a sexual act had taken place, despite placing the accused at the scene-of-crime.
Delivering her sentence, Justice Jane Francis Abodo said, the law provides a death sentence for someone found guilty of aggravated defilement but she opted to sentence him to 37-years since he didnt infect his victim with HIV.
Prosecution based its case on the testimony of the victim who told court that she recognized her abuser after touching his dreaded hair and his voice when he threatened to kill her if she screamed.
The father, whose identity is withheld to protect the daughter, appeared in court as a state witness in an aggravated defilement case, where 24-year-old Calvin Mwangi, a clinical officer is accused of having sexual intercourse with a 9-year-old at their home in Kamwokya in June 2016.
According to the father, Eguki passed at the shop, which is about 150Metres from his residence. Eguki, who was drunk, reportedly went straight to the rental where the 10 year old girl was and defiled her.
Prof. Bakuneta, a lecturer at the College of Natural Science before he was indicted after a 22-year-old female student identified as Vanesha Ntegesa accused him of rape. Ntegesa was a tenant in Prof. Bakunetas garage at Makerere University.
According to the victim, Musoke, whose shrine was near their home, kept calling her to the shrine and repeatedly defiled her, saying the spirits would kill her if she ever revealed what transpire din the shrine.
The case was scheduled for hearing on Tuesday before Justice Jane Francis Abodo but prosecution led by Catherine Akello asked for an adjournment on grounds that the complainant who is also the main witness had yet to be traced.
Prosecution led by Barbara kemigisha today, asked court to halt proceedings of the case on ground that the main witness in the case who is the Investigating officers detective Assistant Inspector of Police Didas Turyahabwe was bedridden with no hope of his recovery soon.
As a result, police picked up Kibuuka the next day and took the victim to Mulago Hospital for medical examination. A report issued by Dr. Sam Karungi, a police Pathologist showed that the victims hymen had raptures and bruise in her private parts.
At the time of his arrest, Ssewankambo had defiled five girls between the ages of 7 and 11. He, however, told the court that demons would turn him on every time he saw a young girl, a problem that persisted until he was healed by a herbalist.
The suspect, Ivan Ssewankambo, a resident of Mpererwe Kikuubo zone in Kawempe Division said this during a confession before a special court session set aside to fast track the disposal of Sexual and Gender Based Violence SGBV cases in the High Court, in Kampala.
Waiswa also said that the Grade one Magistrate failed to evaluate the evidence on the court record. He also faulted the magistrate for changing the accuseds plea of not guilty to guilty without following lawful procedures.
Isiko was convicted of Cyber Harassment and offensive communication for stalking Rwabwogo and sending her irritating love messages. The messages were sent in form of text, poems and songs, mainly by American personalities like Enrique Iglesias and Don Williams.
