Man defiles girl. Court sets him free after the state misstates offence as “rape”
The High Court in Soroti yesterday freed a man who had defiled a 16 year-old girl after the state wrongly framed the charge as rape instead of defilement. In a stunning ruling, the presiding judge, Celia Nagawa, noted that the “failure to rectify such a fundamental issue at an early stage is unfortunate and highlights…