Crime

American citizen assaults Ugandan hotel employee

Kampala Police has arrested an American citizen for allegedly assaulting a Grand Imperial Hotel Staff.

Footage from security television cameras installed showed a foreigner, identified later as Mr Jimmy .L.Taylor punching and humiliating a hotel employee.

Jimmy Taylor assaulted a receptionist at Grand Imperial Hotel in the heart of Kampala, Uganda’s capital city.
He called the receptionist a “n**gga b**ch” while punching him in the face.

Upon police efforts to effect his arrest Taylor spat on, turned rowdy, uncontrollable and tried to disarm policemen.

During the questioning, the American National confessed to having attacked the victim. He claimed an illness caused him to suffer stress that drove him to attack the hotel staff.

The suspect who claims to be a missionary and an ex US Marine is currently detained at Central Police Station Kampala on charges of assault and malicious damage as investigations are ongoing .

Independent source revealed to The Drone Media that ex US Marine seemed like he had taken a strong drink if not substance.

Normally, those whites come in Uganda to enjoy freedom, which freedom they misuse by taking cheap drugs compared to the cost in their mother land.

Unfortunately, the drugs in Uganda are reportedly adulterated; they are mixed with other stuff that the sellers add to increase volume. What they add or mix always bring such results like going berserk or even death.

It happened before in Serena Kampala Hotel, two tourists died and police found cocaine that was mixed with some some stuff.

This is what the law in Uganda says, “On the other hand, the maximum punishment for the offence of Malicious Damage to property c/s 335 (1) of The Penal Code Act is imprisonment for five years if no other punishment is provided by the Act. In Yoramu Kassumu and three others vs.Uganda, H. C.