18 years old Kaftah Queen a student at
Trinity College Nabweru andresident of Katooke in Wakiso district who was
arrested on the 9th of January 2023 in connection to the viral video where a girl is seen being
tortured, on Wednesday 18 January 2023 was
arraigned before the magistrate’s court in Kira and charged with aggravated
torture contrary to section 2(1) (b) and 5(a) (h), (j) and (k) of the
Prevention and Prohibition of Torture Act 2012.
Kaftah Queen and others
still at large on January 8, 2023, at Nsasa, Kira Municipality in Wakiso
district inflicted injuries on Pretty Nicole Eseza a female juvenile aged 15
years causing her grievous harm after accusing her of being in love with her
boyfriend Derrick Lwanga, “the grade one magistrate Esther Nyadoi read the
charges.
The accused was however not allowed
to take a plea (accept or deny the charges) since the charges are only triable
by the High Court and the prosecutor told the court that investigations are
still ongoing.
She was remanded to Luzira until
January, 30.
Earlier, Kaftah broke down as she
asked her friend for forgiveness for all that happened on a fateful day.
“All of us are not perfect and we
make mistakes. If I still have a place in her(Nicole) heart, I am asking that
she forgives me. We have been friends for a long time and I want to say sorry
to her,” she pleaded before a fully packed court.
If convicted, Kafta faces up to life imprisonment for aggregated torture.
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