35 year old sentenced to 16 years for murder.
Court in Rukungiri has sentenced a 35-year-old man to 16 years in jail for killing his own mother.
Victor Muhumuza was sentenced by Justice Moses Kazibwe Kawumi after he was found guilty of killing his mother identified as Jeradina in cold blood.
Muhumuza, a driver and resident of Kitanda cell Nyakaina Parish, Buyanja Sub County in Rukungiri district murdered his mother on July 31st, 2017.
While delivering the judgment Justice Kazibwe noted that the prosecution proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt. He argued that the court considered the gravity of the crime Muhumuza committed and sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment.
Justice Kazibwe however, reduced the 4 years he spent on remand and Muhumuza will spend 16 years in jail.