In Brief
Mar 03, 2010
A 27-year-old man, suspected to have been fleecing patients in Nyakibale Hospital of large sums of money, was on Monday nabbed by the Police and hospital security after he tried to con a patient.
Man arrested over conning
Rukungiri
A 27-year-old man, suspected to have been fleecing patients in Nyakibale Hospital of large sums of money, was on Monday nabbed by the Police and hospital security after he tried to con a patient. Herbert Mwesigwa of Katobo village, is reported to have been masquerading as a hospital staff and asking patients who had been discharged to give him money so that he could assist them pay in the cashier’s office to avoid long queues. His luck ran out when one of the patients told his relative that someone had offered to help him pay. The district Police commander, Julius Salube, confirmed the arrest, adding that three people had already turned up to lodge complaints against Mwesigwa.
Body found in ceiling
Kasese
The Police on Saturday retrieved a decomposing body of a woman from the ceiling of a house in Nyakasanga. The LC2 chairperson, Emmanuel Musoke, identified the dead woman as Sharon Karungi. It is suspected that she was killed by her boyfriend who is still at large. Karungi’s neighbours explained that on February 23, they heard a fight going on in her room and have not see her since. They added that Karungi and the suspect had had misunderstandings for some time. The Police asked the residents to help locate the suspect but warned against any attempt to lynch him.
Rukungiri
A 27-year-old man, suspected to have been fleecing patients in Nyakibale Hospital of large sums of money, was on Monday nabbed by the Police and hospital security after he tried to con a patient. Herbert Mwesigwa of Katobo village, is reported to have been masquerading as a hospital staff and asking patients who had been discharged to give him money so that he could assist them pay in the cashier’s office to avoid long queues. His luck ran out when one of the patients told his relative that someone had offered to help him pay. The district Police commander, Julius Salube, confirmed the arrest, adding that three people had already turned up to lodge complaints against Mwesigwa.
Body found in ceiling
Kasese
The Police on Saturday retrieved a decomposing body of a woman from the ceiling of a house in Nyakasanga. The LC2 chairperson, Emmanuel Musoke, identified the dead woman as Sharon Karungi. It is suspected that she was killed by her boyfriend who is still at large. Karungi’s neighbours explained that on February 23, they heard a fight going on in her room and have not see her since. They added that Karungi and the suspect had had misunderstandings for some time. The Police asked the residents to help locate the suspect but warned against any attempt to lynch him.