Uganda: Rapist Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

28 January 2003

Kampala — It doesn't matter that the complainant might be a woman of loose morals. She has a right to dish her goods to a man of her choice. The accused exposed her to unprotected sex. Justifying in his character he might not be safe. If that is so then he has condemned the woman to untold suffering." -

These were the words said recently by High Court Judge J.B Katutsi while sentencing Christopher Asiimwe to 10 years in prison for way-laying a bar attendant (name withheld) and forcing her into sexual intercourse without her consent.

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