By Voice of Lango Editorial (editor@vol.co.ug)
Kwania
Lira resident judge justice Duncan Gaswaga, has sentenced a 24 year old woman who is a resident of Kwania district to 15 years imprisonment over the murder of a two year old child and theft of food.
Apac Resident State Attorney, Ivan Jonathan Nanduji, told court on 21/3/2019, Alwedo Winnie, a resident of Acabu village returned from the garden and found the deceased who was a child to her neighbor and the sister eating her food and dipped their hands in a pot of hot sauce causing the death of the children.
Alwedo pleaded guilty to the offense which she said that she committed out of anger. Justice Duncan Gaswaga consequently sentenced her to 15 years in prison.
Court also sentenced one Walter Ekweny, a residento of Abedi A village Chegere Sub County, Apac district to 15 years in prison for assaulting his son to death for stealing food from their neighbor.
The resident state attorney told court that on 7/6/2019, in Abedi A village, Ekweny returned from the garden and was told that his son IvanOpio had stolen their neighbor’s food and he beat the child to death.
Ekweny pleaded guilty and asked court for a lesser sentence since he is ill and his child’s death was as a result of man slaughter.
These are among 26 cases heard by Lira high court at Apac magistrates’ court, by justice Lira Duncan Gaswaga.
The cases include; 5 murder cases, 19 cases of defilement, manslaughter and obstruction of police, among others.
