BY MATHIUS KAHUNGU
The Chief Magistrates Court sitting at Rukoki in Kasese district has sentenced an 18-year-old man to five years in Mubuku Prison on his plea of guilty to defilement.
Court presided over by Her Worship Betty Ajok, the Kasese Chief Magistrate yesterday heard that on November 27, 2024 while in Kidodo Cell, Railway Ward of the Central Division in Kasese Municipality, Ednus Thembo defiled a 16-year- old girl.
Thembo however hails from Mughete – Nyakabale village in the current Kitabu sub-county.
Counsel Luke Kanyonyi, the Defense Lawyer from Kanyonyi and Co. Advocates told Messiah Radio after the court session that his client was given a lenient sentence because of his plea of guilty and therefore did not waste court’s time.
He also explained that court considered his client as a first time offender who committed the crime after consenting with the victim.
He discouraged the community members to desist from engaging in any sexual acts with minors, something he said might land them into jail and get heavy punishments.
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