Uganda: Cop Remanded Over Defilement

31 December 2013

A police constable in Tororo was last week remanded to Morukatipe prison, after he allegedly defiled a 14-year-old girl behind the counter of the police post where she had sought safety.

Police said Alfred Owondo, attached to Tuba police post in Mollo sub-county, was charged at the Tororo magistrate's court on Friday, and remanded till January 7. It is said the suspect committed the offence on the night of December 6.

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