The high court has sentenced Brian Bagyenda, son to the Internal Security Organization director-ISO and two others to 32-years in a jail term for the murder of his girlfriend, Enid Twijukye, a student of Makerere University Business School on January 4th, 2017. The others are Innocent Bainomugisha, a cleaner, and Vincent Rwahwire, a casual Laborer […]
The high court has sentenced Brian Bagyenda, son to the Internal Security Organization director-ISO and two others to 32-years in a jail term for the murder of his girlfriend, Enid Twijukye, a student of Makerere University Business School on January 4th, 2017.
The others are Innocent Bainomugisha, a cleaner, and Vincent Rwahwire, a casual Laborer all working for Bagyenda.
In his judgment delivered this afternoon, Justice Moses Kazibwe noted that both prosecution witnesses including Dr. Santos Ojara and Defense witnesses like Dr. Brian Mutamba and Sister.
Jane Francis Nantamu agreed that depression is not a permanent condition even after defense tried to convince the court that Bagyenda suffered a mental disorder at the time of the crime.
Justice Kazibwe noted that Bagyenda’s actions before and after Twijukye’s murder, clearly indicates that he was in a stable mental state.
Justice Kazibwe said the convict checked the deceased’s phone while she was asleep and saw her pictures together with another man, which he forwarded to his own phone, something that depicted a stable mind.
Justice Kazibwe also explained that Bagyenda sent his maid all the way from Kalerwe Market to Luzira to buy herself a soda then went into hiding at Voyeja Hotel under the name John Mugizi clearly indicating that he knew what he was doing.
Justice Kazibwe also found Rwahwire and Bainomugisha guilty of being active participants in the crime since they received Shillings 30,000 to help in the execution of the deceased.
Court heard that Rwahwire held the neck of the deceased while Bainomugisha held her down as Bagyenda suffocated her to death using pillows.
Court also found them guilty of dumping the deceased’s body in the Namanve swamp in Mukono District as they were implicated in Bagyenda’s statement to Police.
Justice Kazibwe, therefore, convicted the duo, saying they were not robots to be moved around and should have reported what was happening at Bagyenda’s home to police but instead chose to participate in the crime.
The deceased’s father, Wilson Tibegaya told Journalists after the sentence that it was unfair for the accused persons to be given a similar sentence since they played different roles in the murder of his daughter.
