The High Court on Tuesday morning acquitted former SC Villa and Uganda Cranes manager Chris Mubiru Kisingiri of the sodomy case.
Justice Masalu Musene set Mubiru free after overturning lower Magistrates Court Decision which convicted him of having canal knowledge with a person against the order of nature and sentenced him to 10 years in prison plus an order to compensate victim; Emmanuel Nyanzi with Ugx. 50 million.
Musene faulted Buganda Road former chief Magistrate Flavia Nabakooza for wrongfully convicting Mubiru in the absence of substantial medical evidence proving anal penetration of the victim stating that relying on video clips which never reflected Mubiru sodomizing Nyanzi.
Court heard that in December 2009, while at Mengo Kisingiri LCI, a Kampala suburb, Mubiru had sexual relations with Nyanzi and others, an offence contrary to section 145(a) of penal code act.
