A senior member in the Democratic Party (DP) is in police custody in Gulu City for alleged murder.
Francesca Amony, a former National Secretary for the DP Women’s League handed herself in at Lacor Police Post, in Bardege-Layibi Division, after she reportedly stubbed her husband, Dr. Joseph Etuk, to death.
Amony, 34, who also served as the Councilor for Pece Division in the then Gulu Municipal Council, reportedly developed a domestic misunderstanding with her husband last night which led to a fight. She reportedly picked a knife and stabbed him.
The deceased was a Medical Doctor in Mbarara City while the suspect is a lawyer, politician, and rights activist.
Police say that the incident occurred at the couple’s home in Keyi ‘’A’’ Cell in Kabedpong Ward, Bardege-Layibi Division in Gulu City, David Ongom Mudong, the Aswa River Regional Police Spokesperson said.
In 2019, the Gulu High Court convicted Amony on two counts of aggravated torture of her two housemaids, She was accused of burning her two house helps aged 13 and 17 respectively with a hot flat iron. End.