Toddler killer suspects’ case adjourned to February
KAGERA: BUKOBA High Court Judge Emmanuel Ngigwana has adjourned Preliminary Inquiry Case No. 17740/2024, involving 9 suspects charged with the homicide of a kid with albinism, Asiimwe Novarth, aged 2.5 years.
The case, which was scheduled for a preliminary listening to, has been postponed to February 17, 2025, for additional point out.
During the final point out of the homicide case on October 15, 2024, Defense Counsel Projestus Mulokozi raised an objection to the preliminary listening to, arguing that the primary accused, Elpidius Rwegoshora (49), an Assistant Parish Priest at Bugandika Parish in Missenyi District, was incapable of correctly following the proceedings.
“Your Honour, the first accused (Rwegoshora) is incapable of properly following the proceedings. We request that he be sent to undergo a medical examination at Isanga Mental Institution,” he submitted.
The prosecution, led by Senior State Attorney Waziri Magumbo and assisted by State Attorneys Erick Mabagara and Matilda Assey, raised no objection, and the court docket granted the request.
However, when the case was talked about on Monday, State Attorney Mabagara knowledgeable the court docket that the medical report from Isanga Mental Institution had not but been obtained, whereas the primary accused (Rwegoshora) remains to be admitted on the establishment.
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The different accused individuals are Novarth Venant (24), a boda boda rider and the daddy of the deceased little one; Nurdin Ahmada (25) and Ramadhan Selestine (23), each residents of Kamachumu Village; Rwenyagira Alphonce (30) and Dastan Burchard (47), each residents of Bushagara Village; Faswiu Athuman (39), a witchdoctor from Nyakahama Village; and Gosbert Archard (35) and Desidery Everygist (53), each residents of Nyakahama Village in Muleba District.
Mr Mabagara informed the court docket that on May 30 of this yr, the 9 accused individuals collectively murdered a toddler with albinism, recognized as Asiimwe Novarth, aged two and a half years.
The accused weren’t required to enter pleas.
Justice Ngigwana adjourned Preliminary Inquiry Case No. 17740/2024 to February 17, 2025, for an additional point out and ordered the 9 suspects to stay in remand custody.
