Weitire Asanasio Vs. Uganda (Crim. Case No. 46 of 2006) [2010] UGCA 47 (16 November 2010)

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JUSTICE A. TWINOMUJUNI, JA \par }\pard \s15\qj \fi720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1519487 {\b\f0\fs24\lang1053\langfe1033\langnp1053\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 HON. JUSITCE S. B. K. KAVUMA, JA \par }{\b\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2050430\charrsid12735755 HON. JUSTICE M. S.}{\b\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 ARACH AMOKO, JA \par }\pard \s15\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1519487 {\b\f0\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 \par \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1519487 {\b\f0\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 \par }{\b\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 WEITIRE }{\b\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1272480\charrsid12735755 ASANASIO.................................}{ \b\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 .......}{\b\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2050430\charrsid12735755 .....}{\b\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 ............... APPELLANT \par }{\b\f0\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 \par }\pard \s15\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1519487 {\b\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 V E R S U S \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1519487 {\b\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 \par UGANDA ................}{\b\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2050430\charrsid12735755 .........................}{\b\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 ............................... RESPONDENT \par \par \par \par }{\b\f0\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT: \par \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid790187 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 The appellant was convicted of two counts of defilement C/s 123(1) of the Penal Code A ct. He was sentenced to 12 years on each of the counts to run concurrently. The victims were each aged 10 years. The appellant himself was aged 63 years old. The offence of defilement is a very serious offence. It carries with it a penalty of death. This particular offence is actually aggravated defilement in that both victims were under 14 year}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2050430\charrsid12735755 s}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 old.}{ \f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487 \par }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12735755\charrsid12735755 \par }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 We have heard from the defence counsel }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 that}{ \f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 the appellant is very old (67 years) and }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 that}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12735755 he is suffering from liver des}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 ease. As human beings we are all bound to sympathise with any old person with such a medical }{ \f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 condition}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 . However, we must also see the other side of the coin. The appellant defiled two defenceless children in a very cruel and most barbaric manner. He would tie one on a tree while defiling the other. Thereafter, he would tie on a tree the defiled girl a }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2050430\charrsid12735755 nd tie on a tree the one}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 defiled while defiling the other. To us a person of the age of 63 who conducts himself in such a manner is not even fit to be called an animal because no animal has ever committed such an offence in such a }{ \f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 manner}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 . He is not fit to return to the society where he }{ \f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 is}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 still capable of doing the same thing to other young }{ \f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 girls}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 . We }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 condemn}{ \f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 this sort of behaviour in the strongest terms and we think }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 that}{ \f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 since the appe llant is receiving free medical care from the State, he should stay in custody for much longer in order to protect the young girls growing up in the village where he grew up. We feel }{ \f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7829731\charrsid12735755 that }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 in the circumstances that a sentence of 12 years was too }{ \f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 lenient}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 .}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 We hereby quash the sentences and substitute a sentence of }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7829731\charrsid12735755 life imprisonment on each count to run concurrently.}{ \f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1519487\charrsid12735755 \par }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 \par }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid790187\charrsid12735755 \par \par \par }{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 Dated at Mbarara this 17}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 th}{\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid12735755 }{ \f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 November 2010. \par \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1519487 {\f0\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 \par \par }\pard \s15\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid77869 {\f0\fs24\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 ............................................................ \par Hon. Justice A. Twinomujuni \par }{\b\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 JUSTICE OF APPEAL \par }{\f0\fs24\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 \par \par \par \par \par ................................................................. \par Hon. Justice S. B. K. Kavuma \par }{\b\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 JUSTICE OF APPEAL. \par }{\f0\fs24\insrsid77869\charrsid12735755 \par \par \par ....................................................... \par Hon. Justice M. S. 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