Kiyingi weeps over murder photographs
Jul 27, 2006
DR. Aggrey Kiyingi yesterday broke down in the dock as two bare-chest and bullet-riddled photographs of his late wife, Robinah Kiyingi, were displayed in court.
By Hillary Kiirya
and Anne Mugisa
DR. Aggrey Kiyingi yesterday broke down in the dock as two bare-chest and bullet-riddled photographs of his late wife, Robinah Kiyingi, were displayed in court.
Kiyingi kept jotting down notes at the beginning as detective John Kennedy Okecha displayed several photographs connected to Robinah’s murder. But when he displayed the pictures of Robinah’s body taken from Mulago Nursing School mortuary, Kiyingi pulled a white handkerchief, wiped his eyes and nose as he looked down.
Many people looked at him as he seemed to be sobbing. After some minutes, Kiyingi resumed taking notes as Okecha explained his role in the case.
Okecha told justice Rubby Opio Aweri at the High Court in Kampala that he visited the scene of murder at Buziga.
“On July 12, 2005, I was called by DIP Katungi, the officer in charge of Kabalagala Police station, who was together with his deputy Karugaba and I went to Buziga at the residence of Robinah. I found a car parked inside the residence and I took pictures of the house, car and 200 meters away from the scene, in the bush, I took a general picture of the bush, a bag, a gun that was hidden in the bush and the items that were in the bag,†Okecha said.
He told the court that the bag had some clothes and that he also photographed the vehicle in which Robinah was shot. He displayed the picture, saying there was human flesh in the car seats. He also displayed another picture
where a bullet had gone through one of the car doors. He added that he also took photographs of a bus receipt that was recovered from the bag.
Asked how he identified Robinah’s body, Okecha said he was shown the body by the mortuary attendant.
Kiyingi, Bob Mugisha and Charles Berwanaho are on trial for killing Robinah.
Joan Kegezi and Annette Kotte are prosecuting, while McDusman Kabega, Edward Muguluma and Edward Kikiringoma are defending the suspects.
Mugisha is accused of providing the killer gun.
On Wednesday, detective Victor Aisu informed court that the gun was not found in the police, prisons or UPDF records.
During cross-examination, it was established that all exhibits recovered from the scene were not marked, creating doubt of whether they were the exact items recovered from the scene. Okecha said the conditions then were not favourable to mark them.
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and Anne Mugisa
DR. Aggrey Kiyingi yesterday broke down in the dock as two bare-chest and bullet-riddled photographs of his late wife, Robinah Kiyingi, were displayed in court.
Kiyingi kept jotting down notes at the beginning as detective John Kennedy Okecha displayed several photographs connected to Robinah’s murder. But when he displayed the pictures of Robinah’s body taken from Mulago Nursing School mortuary, Kiyingi pulled a white handkerchief, wiped his eyes and nose as he looked down.
Many people looked at him as he seemed to be sobbing. After some minutes, Kiyingi resumed taking notes as Okecha explained his role in the case.
Okecha told justice Rubby Opio Aweri at the High Court in Kampala that he visited the scene of murder at Buziga.
“On July 12, 2005, I was called by DIP Katungi, the officer in charge of Kabalagala Police station, who was together with his deputy Karugaba and I went to Buziga at the residence of Robinah. I found a car parked inside the residence and I took pictures of the house, car and 200 meters away from the scene, in the bush, I took a general picture of the bush, a bag, a gun that was hidden in the bush and the items that were in the bag,†Okecha said.
He told the court that the bag had some clothes and that he also photographed the vehicle in which Robinah was shot. He displayed the picture, saying there was human flesh in the car seats. He also displayed another picture
where a bullet had gone through one of the car doors. He added that he also took photographs of a bus receipt that was recovered from the bag.
Asked how he identified Robinah’s body, Okecha said he was shown the body by the mortuary attendant.
Kiyingi, Bob Mugisha and Charles Berwanaho are on trial for killing Robinah.
Joan Kegezi and Annette Kotte are prosecuting, while McDusman Kabega, Edward Muguluma and Edward Kikiringoma are defending the suspects.
Mugisha is accused of providing the killer gun.
On Wednesday, detective Victor Aisu informed court that the gun was not found in the police, prisons or UPDF records.
During cross-examination, it was established that all exhibits recovered from the scene were not marked, creating doubt of whether they were the exact items recovered from the scene. Okecha said the conditions then were not favourable to mark them.
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