By Rachael Najjuma
9th March 2020
The City Hall court has sentenced a 24 year old house wife and a mother to a one month old baby to a fine of 250,000shillings for a charge of theft of church offertory.
Judith Nanangwe a resident of Kob Road Seeta in Mukono district pleaded guilty before Grade One Magistrate Fatuma Nabirye last week for stealing an offertory bag on March 1st 2020 at Watoto Church Ntinda containing cash 643,000 shillings.
Appearing today before Grade One Magistrate Valleria Tumuhimbise, Nanagwe has been given an option of a custodial sentence and a fine where she has been sentenced to pay a fine of 250,000shs or spend five months in prison.
The magistrate emphasized that he did this because the convict didn’t waste court’s time by pleading guilty and also that he considered striking a balance in the best interest of the child and the state thus the sentence.
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