Ndeeba shooting: Businessman committed to High Court

Jul 22, 2015

MAKINDYE Chief Magistrate's Court has committed businessman Godfrey Muhirwa, accused of shooting three security operatives to death to the High Court for trial

By Michael Odeng  

 

MAKINDYE Chief Magistrate's Court has committed businessman Godfrey Muhirwa, accused of shooting three security operatives to death to the High Court for trial.

 

Presiding over the case, Grade One Magistrate George William Watyekere committed Muhirwa, also director of Mat Mix Auto Co Limited on grounds that inquiries in the case were complete.

 

Meanwhile, the court has prepared committal papers for the purpose of sending the accused to the High Court for trial, as he waits to be shortlisted for trial in the next convenient criminal session.

 

State prosecutor Beatrice Odong informed court that that the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) wants the accused person convicted based on evidence from the post-mortem report and testimonies of eye witnesses.

 

It is alleged that Muhirwa on October 15, 2014 shot dead three security operatives who include Deogratius Jaaya, an operative of the Police's Flying Squad; Mohammed Kiwana, a former Operation Wembley operative and Martia Busuulwa at Nsiike zone in Ndeeba, a Kampala suburb.

 

He will also face trial over charges of unlawful possession of a firearm.

 

The post mortem examination carried out on the bodies of the deceased persons showed that they all died from gunshot injuries.

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