Headteacher who defiled own student gets 15-year jail term

Nov 15, 2014

Jinja High Court judge Justice Patricia Wasswa sentences a former headteacher to 15 years imprisonment for aggravated defilement.


By Jackie Nambogga

Jinja High Court judge Justice Patricia Wasswa has sentenced a former headteacher to 15 years imprisonment for aggravated defilement.

Court this week convicted 42-year-old Geofrey Muliika, a former head teacher of St. Mary’s College Lugazi in Buikwe district, for defiling an Senior Three (S.3) student in his office on March 13 this year.

The 15-year-old victim testified that Muliika sent for her at 5:30am local time (EAT) and when she entered his office, he locked it.

She said Muliika warned her of a bad peer group she had joined and that she risked being expelled before forcing himself on her.

The accused, who was clad in a long-sleeved checkered shirt, black trousers and black shoes, looked composed as he stood in the dock, listening to the court proceedings, but when the judge pronounced him guilty, he broke down.
 

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Prosecution led by Ivan Nkwasibwe prayed for a deterrent sentence. He had suggested 40 years, saying Muliika freely initiated the act and planned to execute the same.

“It would be expected that the girl is safe in boarding school, but the vice has started getting there.

“The convict does not appear remorseful for his act as he wasted court’s time and, therefore, the state prays for a harsh custody not only to serve as a deterrent sentence, but as a lesson to other would-be offenders,” he said.

Medard Ssegona, the convict’s lawyer, did not show up in court, but Julian Nakirijja received the judgment on his behalf.

Nakirijja prayed for a lenient sentence, saying their client was a family man with three children, the sole breadwinner who had since lost his job.

She said Muliika was suffering from ulcers and had been on remand for seven months.

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