By Kyamanduma Patrick,
Kasese High court has handed a 35 years sentence to a 41-Year-old man over incest, Kasese Guide has learnt.
Court Presided over by the Hon. Justice Vicent Wagona heard that in June 2022 while in Kikongo cell in Rugendabara-Kikongo town council, Kasese district, the convict Mr. Mustafa Mugisha reportedly had sexual intercourse with his Biological daughter of thirteen years.
The Mother to the Victim told Court that on the fateful day, she had left her daughter with the father inside their house as she went to attend to the sick people from her family but on her return and she found her daughter crying helplessly.
And upon investigating the daughter, she testified how her father forced her into a sexual act something that brought a moment of silence in the Court Room.
Speaking to Our Reporter shortly after a court ruling, the defense lawyer to the accused, Counsel Luke Kanyonyi from Kanyonyi and co. Advocates said whereas his client took plea of not guilty over charges of incest but the evidence provided by the mother of the victim, the victim herself, the doctor’s proof and neighbors placed his client at the scene of crime without surviving.
Counsel Kanyonyi who described his client as stubborn by first refusing his earlier legal advice to accept the case so that he gets simple punishment was quick to tell the press that Court has send him to Prison for thirty-five years to act as an example. Counsel Kanyonyi one ……
He has also said cases of incest are rampant in Kasese district that needs multiple approaches from various stakeholders. Counsel Kanyonyi Two…………
By press time the thirteen-year-old Girl and mother witnessed Mr. Mustafa Mugisha getting on Prison vehicle to stay away from family for the next thirty-five years. END