23-Year-Old Sentenced to 105 Years for Killing 5 Women and a Baby After Intimate Acts

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Summary:

• A 23-year-old man, Musa Musaasizi, has been sentenced to a total of 105 years in prison by the High Court in Kampala for the gruesome murders of five women and a child, with the judge emphasizing the severity of his actions and allowing for a 14-day window for an appeal.

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Kampala, Uganda | THE BLACK EXAMINER | The High Court has handed down a 105-year prison sentence to a 23-year-old man named Musa Musaasizi, alias Uncle, who was found guilty of murdering five women and a child.

Musa Musaasizi, also known as Uncle, aged 23 and residing in Mujomba Zone 6, Nankulabye in Rubaga Division, Kampala City, was apprehended in 2021 by a collaborative effort of the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence and the police. He was arrested following instances where he engaged with women, had sexual encounters with them, and subsequently took their lives.

Additionally, he was responsible for the death of an infant. The court heard that Musaasizi would dispose of the women’s bodies by burning them after committing the heinous acts.

On Wednesday, Justice Margaret Mutonyi expressed profound dismay at the unspeakable nature of Musaasizi’s actions, emphasizing that the killing and burning of women’s bodies were deeply disturbing and had alarmed the entire country.

Justice Mutonyi stated, “The act of murdering and burning women cannot be treated kindly by this court. There can never be a reason to kill another, and it shows a perverted mind. He knew exactly what he was doing. He never wanted the bodies to be identified but to be treated as unidentified people. The baby didn’t have a head, and other parts show he intended to kill the deceased person.”

She continued, “The constitution defines a serial killer as a murderer who kills people in a short time. The deceased were all his lovers apart from the baby. The ways and time of murdering the deceased were the same. He killed them with bare hands, as he said in his statement. This kind of act calls for a severe sentence because this has become his habit of killing.”

As a result, Justice Mutonyi sentenced Musaasizi to 35 years imprisonment for the murder of a woman and her child, 30 years for the murder of another woman, and 40 years for the murder of yet another woman. The sentences are to run consecutively, but the judge noted that the time spent in remand should be deducted from each sentence.

Justice Mutonyi informed Musaasizi of his right to appeal within 14 days.

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