Remember the Ugandan maid captured torturing a toddler left in her care in a video?, ...well report says she will appear in court for a second hearing on December 8, 2014.
The video of a maid heinously torturing a two- year-old toddler went viral on Facebook media on Friday, sparking global outrage.
According to report, the maid has been identified as 22 year old Jolly Tumuhirwe, a housemaid in Naalya in Kiwatule suburb - Uganda.
The video below:
Information given by the Police said the motive of the assault had not yet been established but added that Tumuhirwe had worked for the couple’s home for only 26 days. The parents said the baby had been discharged from hospital and was improving.
The girl’s mother only identified as Angela reportedly said by telephone “We took her to the hospital for medical checkup and she is ok. We will be returning to the hospital next week,”
Police spokesperson Fred Enanga, allegedly said after he had viewed the footage of CCTV camera installed in the house, the incident was reported at Kiwatule Police Post by the girl’s father Eric Kamanzi on November 13, 2014. From where the case then was transferred to Kiira Police Division. After the investigations, the maid was reportedly charged with torture in Nakawa Magistrate’s Court on Thursday and remanded to Luzira prison.
Police report also revealed that Ms Tumuhirwe was charged under Section 3 of the Anti-Torture Act. The section stipulates several offences including “systematic beating, all of which attract a maximum penalty of 15 years in jail on conviction".
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