Pretty Nicole tormentor sentenced

By Drone writer

Kira Municipality magistrate’s court on Tuesday 31^st, January, 2023 sentenced a Tanzanian girl that beat up her friend known as Pretty Nicole.

The ruling was made by grade one magistrate Esther Nyadoi after evidence against the girl named Kafta Queen proved beyond reasonable doubt that she truly assaulted her

Kafta queen is a secondary school student of Trinity College Nabweru.  Kafta beat up Pretty Nicole after accusing her of falling in love with her boyfriend.

She was arrested after a social media video that proved beyond reasonable that that she truly assaulted her

“This is a deterrence sentence to you and other young girls out there. I want you to be an example that violence has no place in our country. I am sentencing you to three years imprisonment,” the grade one magistrate said.

The magistrate said whereas she had taken into consideration prayers by Kaftan for a lenient sentence to enable her return to school but also because she had been remorseful, there is need to send a strong warning to other would be offenders that violence doesn’t pay.

“Having taken everything into consideration, the fact that you are young and want you to go back to school but again, court owes a duty to public and I have to send message that we don’t condone violence.”

She was told to appeal against the sentence in 14 days.

The grade one magistrate also directed that the victim Nicole be taken to a home for rehabilitation until she gets well so as to return to school for the new term.

Kaftah had been 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.

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.

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.