By Kyamanduma Patrick,
High Court at Kasese has sentenced a 48 year old man, Mr. Julius Baguma Kakuluma, to fifteen years in prison over defiling a minor living with disabilities.
Court Presided over by the High Court Judge, Hon. Justice Lawrence Tweyanze heard that in 2022 while in Kyesero village in Munkunyu subcounty in Kasese district, the accused defiled the sixteen year old dump victim who was later rescued by her neighbors on hearing her cry for help.
The defense counsel, Mt. Geoffrey Chan Masereka from Masereka Chan and Co. advocates firmed to our reporter shortly after court that his client, was sentenced to fifteen year in jail on his own plea of guilty; was remorseful and did not waste court’s time. Mr. Chan speaking……….
Mr. Ronald Kato, the Executive director for Kasese Youth Link, expressed happiness over the judgment he said will work as a tool to warn and guide the rest of the members of the community. END.