A 30 year old man,
Ndikumukiza Gerald is to spend the rest of his life in prison for killing four
relatives including all his biological parents in 2020. He has today been
sentenced to life on conviction of quadruple murder charges against him by the
Kabale High court sitting in Kisoro.
Prosecution says
that while at Kageyo Village Busengo parish in Nyarubuye sub county in
the night of 24th of September 2020, Ndikumukiza
used a panga to cut and kill his 80-year old father Sebitama Deogratious, his
75-year old mother Nyiraguhirwa Bonikonsira, his 26-year-old sister-in-law
Mujawimana Maliserina and his wife Nyiramahoro Joan, aged 20.
During this attack, he
first killed his wife, thereafter killed the wife of the brother Habiyaremye
George, then proceeded to kill the father and ended with his mother who was
naked during this gruesome act on her.
Court led by the Resident
Judge of the Kabale High court circuit, Hon. Justice Emokor Samuel said that
the actions of the convict can only be described as pure evil. He also noted
that the quality of this case calls for a death sentence as previously demanded
by the state prosecutor.
Relating to other similar
cases that have been handled in Uganda, Hon. Justice Emokor Samuel ruled that
the convict, Ndikumukiza Gerald be given a deterrence sentence of life
imprisonment so that there is no possibility of him being released from prison
for the rest of his life.
His ruling disregarded
the prayers of the defence lawyers that wished that the convict be given a
lenient sentence because he is a youth and can adjust his behaviour and become
a productive citizen of Uganda in future.
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