Police in Buvuma district has today arrested a 99 year old man over defilement of eight year old girl. The police spokesman for central East region, Lameka Kigozi says that the old man who is resident of Namatooke village in BusanziSubCounty, Buvuma District may appear in court on Wednesday.
Kigozi says the old man faces charges of aggravated defilement. The offence attracts a death penalty on conviction.
Kigozi says that the old man reportedly defiled the girl on January 11th, 2012. The girl confesses that she was sexually abused by her grandfather, an allegation the old man denies.
He says that the mother of the girl wants him jailed such that she sales his plot of land.
The police surgeon report confirms that the girl was abused but it doesn’t indicate clearly that it is the old man who is responsible.
By James Okello