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Ugandan Man Gets Death Sentence for Nursery School Killings

The High Court has sentenced 38-year-old Christopher Okello Onyum to death by hanging for the murder of four toddlers at a nursery school in Kampala. The victims were aged between one and two-and-a-half years.

Onyum admitted the crime and called it a "human sacrifice" that he hoped would make him rich. However, he later pleaded not guilty, denying intentional wrongdoing. He maintained that he was suffering from mental illness at the time of the attack and was unable to form the intent to kill. He urged the court to acquit him on the grounds of insanity. However, presiding judge Alice Komuhangi Khauka ruled that he was "very sane" on the day of the attack.

Capital punishment has not been abolished in Uganda, and it is rarely carried out. The last recorded case took place in 2005. Onyum has 14 days to appeal against the sentence.

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The High Court has found Christopher Okello Onyum guilty of murdering four children at a Ggaba daycare centre.

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