The Grade II
magistrate court sitting in Kasese on Tuesday committed seven men to the High
Court over alleged murder of a UPDF soldier.
State
prosecutor Mike Mwanje produced committal papers before the Grade II Magistrate
Stephen Saabu Kabbyanga saying investigations indicate that the suspects
committed the crime.
Prosecution
alleges that on October 2, 2012 while at Molem cell in Hima town council the
suspects who include Happy Charles, Emmanuel Habimaana, Stephen Amanyire,
Aramanthan Isingoma, David Kato, Benson Kagama and Yusuf Ragu killed Pte Ivan
Mugenyi.
Pte Mugenyi
was waylaid by a group of people as he and a colleague called Nishaba were
returning to the 303 brigade headquarters in Kavera barracks from shaving their
hair, the state adds.
It is
alleged that the suspects arrested a day after the reported murder used stones,
clubs and blows to kill the soldier for unclear reasons.
The
prosecution says they will use the postmortem report on the deceased, the
medical reports of the suspects and some of the clothes left behind by the
suspects to pin them in the High Court.
Court
however cancelled the bail for Stephen Amanyire and remanded him to Kitumba
remand home because he is a juvenile that cannot be mixed with adults in Katojo
prison.
The
magistrate also issued arrest warrants for Emmanuel Habimaana who after being
released on bail some time back has been absconding court sittings.
The Grade II
magistrate did not allow the suspects to speak anything because their case is
of capital nature and committed them to the High Court with immediate effect. END
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