Girl Serves Six-Hour Jail Term For Killing Her Rapist Father

A court in Uganda sentenced a teen age girl to a six-
hour jail term for killing her rapist father
It was probably one of the most unusual sentences
delivered in the country, but the case was just as
unusual as it was heartrending.
The Masaka High Court presided over by Lady Justice
Margaret Oumo Oguli, Monday heard that 18-year-old
girl killed her father on May 8, after he had molested
her.
It was not the first time he was doing so. The 58-year-
old man had been molesting the daughter repeatedly
from the time she was 13 years old.
Prosecution led by Peter Mugisha told court that the
convict violently killed her father using a knife and a
panga after the deceased performed sexual acts against
her.
Mr Mugisha, however, asked court to give her a
maximum sentence which requires death, saying the act
she performed was illegal.
A lenient sentence
His argument was that she should have reported the
matter to police and not killed him.
Defence led by Mr Edward Kikirengoma, however, did
not agree with the State, saying the act the father did to
his daughter was condemned, especially in Buganda
Kingdom.
Mr Kikirengoma told court that the convict needed to
take charge of her life since she had become tired of
her father’s cruel acts, adding that court should look
into the condition of the girl as she was six months
pregnant, with the child of her father.
“..... revealed that as she was sleeping in the house , she
did not know that her mother, 56, had gone out; her
father learnt that his wife wasn’t in the house and
came into her bed and molested her. Since they were
living in a one-room rented house, the father took
advantage of his own children ,” Mr Kikirengoma said.
It emerged that the man had also impregnated his three
other daughters.
Defence therefore asked court to give the killer a
lenient sentence.
-Nigeria on point News