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The Court of Appeal has upheld a 32-year prison sentence handed to Siraj Masolo, who was convicted of aggravated defilement of an eight-month-old baby girl in 2015.In a judgment delivered during the Court of Appeal criminal session sitting in Mbale, justices Hellen Obura, Eva Luswata and Florence Nakacwa dismissed Masolo’s appeal, which had challenged both the conviction and sentence handed …

The High court in Fort Portal has sentenced a 19-year-old man to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to aggravated defilement. Samuel Amanyire was convicted on Monday during a session presided over by Justice Vincent Wagona. He had initially denied the charges when he first appeared in court last week. However, when the case came up for hearing, …