"While in possession of a pistol, the accused found the victim watching TV and ordered her to lie on the long sofa set and had sex with her," the court document reads.
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Police Officer SP Gilbert Arinaitwe Bwana appearing before Court on Tuesday.
The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has committed police
detective Gilbert Arinaitwe Bwana, commonly known as 'Besigye tormentor' to the International
Crimes Division of the High Court for trial on charges of aggravated trafficking.
It is alleged that Arinaitwe recruited, transported, and
harboured his 23-year-old housemaid for purposes of sexual exploitation on June
23, 2023, at his home in Nalumunye-Bandwe, Kyengera town council.
This Tuesday, Arinaitwe has been committed by court presided over by
the Chief Magistrate Ronald Kayizzi who directed him to continue reporting to the Registrar of the
ICD every last Thursday of the month until the next convenient session of the
High Court.
Arinaitwe is out on bail.
This was after State Attorney Ivan Kyazze told court that
they have gathered evidence to pin Arinaitwe in regard to the alleged
aggravated trafficking in persons case and tendered before court documents
showing the summary of the case.
The evidence before Court shows that the victim was staying
in Ntungamo District with her father who happens to be a traditionalist and could not allow her to go to church,and she dropped out of school in 2018 due to
sickness. Out of desperation, she decided to get married to a husband whom she
later abandoned in 2022 because of mistreatment
That on the night of June 23rd 2023, the accused person
followed the victim to the bedroom and forcefully had unprotected sex with the
victim, according to the court the documents.
Records further state that the victim went to Mbarara and that’s when Arinaitwe coordinated the journey of the
victim on phone, and that the accused policeman and his girlfriend received the
victim who traveled by Global Bus to
Kampala.
According to the court indictment drafted by Chief State Attorney
Joseph Kyomuhendo on behalf of the DPP, the accused Arinaitwe told the victim
that she would be working for him as house maid at a monthly wage of 70,000
shillings.
“That the accused person left his girlfriend in bed with
just a towel wrapped around his waist, went to the kitchen where the victim was
washing utensils and made sexual gestures to the victim, and he held her tightly
and attempted to unwrap his towel but the victim pushed him away,” reads the
court document.
The state contends that Arinaitwe’s girlfriend stayed for one week and
left at the beginning of July 2023 and that after her departure, he found the
victim in the sitting room, held her tight and attempted to unwrap his towel
but again the victim pushed him away.
It alleged that on the same night after the departure of his
girlfriend, Arinaitwe followed the
victim to the bedroom and forcefully had unprotected sex with the victim.
“On 18th/07/2023, while in possession of a pistol, the
accused person found the victim in the sitting watching TV and ordered her to
lie on the long sofa set and had sex with her and thereafter he left...that on the several
times the victim had forceful sexual intercourse with the accused person, she
managed to see his uncircumcised penis,” reads the documents.
Arinaitwe rose to the limelight after he infamously
pepper-sprayed opposition doyen Dr Kizza Besigye after smashing the window of
his car with a pistol in 2011 ago at Mulago roundabout.
He later became a
self-proclaimed pastor, suffered and recovered from mental health issues.
