On Tuesday 17th Jan 2023 ,A one Kaftah Queen, 18 and a student at Trinity College Nabweru appeared before the magistrate's court in Kira and charged with aggravated torture contrary to section 2(1) (b) and 5(a) (h), (j) and (k) of the Prevention and Prohibition of Torture Act 2012.
She was remanded to Luzira until January, 30.
Earlier, Kaftah broke down as she asked her friend for forgiveness for all that happened on that day.
“All of us are not perfect and we make mistakes. If I still have a place in her (Nicole) heart, I am asking that she forgives me. We have been friends for a long time and I want to say sorry to her,” a teary Kaftah said at court.
A preview on life imprisonment
The charge of aggravated torture attracts a maximum punishment of life imprisonment.
Section 2(1) (b) of the of the Prevention and Prohibition of Torture Act 2012 defines torture in this case as any act or omission, by which severe pain or suffering whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of any person whether a public official or other person acting in an official or private capacity for such purposes as punishing that person for an act he or she or any other person has committed or is suspected of having committed or of planning to commit.
The charge sheet says that Kaftah was punishing Nicole after accusing her of being in love with her boyfriend.
Section 5(a) (h), (j) and (k) of the same law says that where it is proved that at the time of, or immediately before, or immediately after the commission of torture the offender uses or threatens to use or used a deadly weapon, the victim was under the age of 18 years, the act of torture is recurring and the offender commits any act which court considers aggravating, the offender and any other person jointly connected with the commission of an act of torture is liable, on conviction to life imprisonment.
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