Sipapa theft case hearing postponed

________________

KAMPALA - Makindye Chief Magistrate’s Court has postponed the hearing of the case of theft of the City Socialite Charles Olimi also known as Sipapa to May 2, 2024. 

Sipapa is battling the charges of theft of sh169m and office breaking. 

Last year, the accused person appeared before Grade One Magistrate Esther Adikini and denied the charges, saying he did not commit the offence. 

Under Sections 254, 261, and 297 of the Penal Code Act, the offence of office breaking attracts a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment while theft elicits a 10-year jail term, upon conviction. 

On Wednesday, when the case came up for hearing, the trial magistrate Adikin informed the court that the defence lawyer Geoffrey Turyamusiima was indisposed. 

This prompted her to adjourn the case to May 2, 2024, for hearing and the accused person was further remanded until then. 

Background 

The prosecution alleges that Sipapa broke into the office of Waada Atsushi and stole his property on February 3, 2019, in Kisugu, Makindye Division in Kampala district. 

According to the prosecution, Sipapa allegedly stole four Camon batteries, 11 camera lenses, five compact flashes, eight computers, five filters, four hard discs, one electronic dictionary, a backpack, an electric book, an extension tube, and a laptop bag-all valued at sh169m. 

All the items reportedly belonged to Atsushi. 

The prosecution alleges that Sipapa broke into the office of Waada Atsushi and stole his property on February 3, 2019, in Kisugu, Makindye Division in Kampala district.