Man sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Assaulting Wife
The Ibanda District Chief Magistrate’s Court has sentenced Vincent Byarugaba, 52, resident of Kategure in Kanyambogo, Kicuzi sub-county to three years in prison for physically assaulting his wife, Rose Kyomugasho by cutting her multiple times.
Byarugaba confessed to causing actual bodily harm to his wife on March 17, 2025 and pleaded guilty to the charges when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Agnes Shelagh Nantaawo on June 25. The court convicted him on his own plea with the sentence to run for three years excluding the time he had already spent in remand.
Prosecution led by Ali Ssemakula had requested a punitive sentence emphasizing the need to “teach him a lesson,” despite Byarugaba having no previous criminal record.
In delivering the sentence, Magistrate Nantaawo highlighted that domestic violence was a common issue in the Ibanda area. She emphasized that the convict required time for rehabilitation and that the wife and children needed protection from him for the foreseeable future.
The magistrate also advised that if any party was dissatisfied with the ruling they could appeal within 14 days.
Earlier, Kyomugasho, 48 told the court that her husband was a habitual wife-beater and an alcoholic. She also revealed that he had destroyed all the family’s property cutting it to pieces during the attack.
