death sentence - Uganda Multimedia News & Information https://www.weinformers.com Politics, Health, Sceince, Business, Agriculture, Culture, Tourism, Women, Men, Oil, Sports Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:20:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Woman murders world’s renowned poet https://www.weinformers.com/2012/02/23/woman-murders-worlds-renowned-poet/ https://www.weinformers.com/2012/02/23/woman-murders-worlds-renowned-poet/#respond Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:20:09 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=19547 A woman has been found guilty of murdering a world’s renowned poet and an artist Winkle Rutamirika. The High court in Kampala has found out that Ms Christine Karitundu murdered Winkle, who was her husband. The ruling will be delivered next month. In Uganda a murder charge carries maximum of death sentence on conviction or […]

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]]> A woman has been found guilty of murdering a world’s renowned poet and an artist Winkle Rutamirika. The High court in Kampala has found out that Ms Christine Karitundu murdered Winkle, who was her husband. The ruling will be delivered next month.

In Uganda a murder charge carries maximum of death sentence on conviction or life imprisonment or pardon depending on the way the judge wishes.

Court ruled on Thursday that Ms Karitundu who is jointly charged with Christiano Bulila, and their friend only identified as Eric, molded a stick at Texas pub in Kampala and used it to murder Winkle.

Late Winkle was murdered on March 15, 2008 at his home in Kisugu, Kampala and the police detectives suspected that it was the wife who was behind the murder.

Court assessors, Silvia Kakumba, Stella Zziwa and Margret Nakigudde, the principal state attorney from the Directorate of public prosecution in their opinion asked the High Court to convict Ms Karitundu and Bulila saying that the suspects participated in the murder of winkle.

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