LIVE: CHRISTOPHER OKELLO AWAITS FOR FINAL VERDICT FROM HIGH COURT RULING || APRIL 30, 2026

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[00:00:13]Somebody [crying] Hello.

[00:00:51][crying] >> [crying] >> Good afternoon.

[00:01:17]Okay, we're going to another stage and this is the hearing sentencing hearings and uh this is a the final stage in criminal trial where the presiding officer judicial officer imposes a punishment on a person convicted of a criminal offense. It involves balancing the seriousness of the crime, the impact the crime the crime has had on the victims, the impact on the community and the public at large, including the impact on other stakeholders in the administration of justice.

[00:02:02]And this punishment is arrived at after hearing from the prosecution uh telling the court what has been the impact of this offense and also accused accused sorry no longer accused person convict and his lawyers.

[00:02:30]The sentencing is very important because this is where all of us give accountability as judicial officers.

[00:02:39]We exercise this authority on behalf of the people and it is also derived from the people as per the constitution.

[00:02:50]So it is not until a crime has been punished that uh people will not feel the there has been an accountability for the crime. So I am going to ask the prosecutor to address the court giving me indications on what he believes is a punishment that suits the crime or crime for which the convict has been convicted. And likewise, I will expect to hear from council for the convict on why they think that a court should be lenient to the accused person. And I will also hear from the accused person himself.

[00:03:59]for because Mr. Ma, could I please hear from you?

[00:05:13]>> Thank you, my lord.

[00:05:21]My lord, we are well pleased with the verdict of court.

[00:05:33]on each of the four counts.

[00:05:41]My lord, as prosecution, we want to begin by thanking the court for the time, patience and effort exhibited in the process.

[00:06:11]And my lord, as prosecutors, we are advocates for the people and I'm instructed to thank the court and the judicial administration for bringing justice closer to the people on whose be behalf the courts derive judicial power. My lord under article 126 [snorts] My lord, the parents of deceased victims are present in court as well as other relatives.

[00:07:59]And we want to thank them and the entire community for their resilience and cooperation throughout this justice seeking process.

[00:08:31]My lord, under under section 172 of the penal code, A person who has been convicted of murder is liable to suffer death.

[00:09:06]>> That she didn't think I'm pretty. Okay, my lord. Uh I said in art in section 172 of the pen code act, a person who is convicted of the offense of murder is liable to suffer death.

[00:09:42]My lord, we are aware that Uganda no longer has a mandatory death penalty.

[00:10:02]But the death sentence, my lord, is still good law.

[00:10:16]And even though the courts are not mandatory are not mandated to pass a death sentence as a must.

[00:10:36]They can still do so in deserving cases.

[00:10:56]My lord, we are guided by the constitution sentencing guidelines for the courts of judicature.

[00:11:12]practice directions which under paragraph 17.

[00:11:34]Provide that the court may pass a sentence of death in exceptional circumstances.

[00:11:49]In the rarest of the rare cases where alternative imprisonment for life or other custodial sentences are the mostly inadequate.

[00:12:31]My Lord, it is our considered prayer that the ends of justice in this matter will best be served.

[00:12:54]If the highest sentence He's past.

[00:13:14]My Lord, we are persuaded in our thinking that the most just being is God.

[00:13:30]And well as it may be submitted for the convict on grounds of remorse. Accountability for criminal wrongs.

[00:14:16]should never be compromised by belated please for line.

[00:14:35]My Lord, even God who is the forgiver of all sins, condemns crime and strongly advocates for punitive punishments for wrongdoers.

[00:15:12]The convict professes the Christian religion by his testimony and his God in the sixth commandment says, "You shall not murder."

[00:15:47]In Exodus 2013, In the same way, my Lord, it is commanded that the wages of sin is death.

[00:16:20]Romans 6:23.

[00:16:43]Uganda.

[00:16:52]That's not the interpretation.

[00:16:57]>> [clears throat] >> Uganda singer.

[00:17:22]Singer.

[00:17:36]sentencing guidelines.

[00:18:07]>> [clears throat] >> Okay.

[00:18:16]Single as to New York, my Lord, in a similar way, Deuteronom Deuteronomy 19:2 21 offers similar guidance on persons that commit fenous crimes like the ones in issue.

[00:19:58]God himself commands and I quote, "Show no pity.

[00:20:10]Life for life.

[00:20:15]I for eye.

[00:20:20]Tooth for tooth.

[00:20:25]Hand for hand.

[00:20:31]foot for food.

[00:20:38]My lord, persons that have no regard to human life should not deserve to preserve theirs.

[00:21:02]Whoever sheds human blood, according to the Bible, still by humans their blood shall be shed.

[00:21:27]For in the image of God has God made mankind.

[00:21:42]My Lord, that is what the God that the convict confesses says in Genesis 9 6.

[00:22:05]My lord, this case, in this case, the victims were attacked.

[00:22:13]from one of the safest places in our communities.

[00:22:26]A dayare center is supposed to be a sanctuary, a place of laughter, learning and absolute safety.

[00:22:56]To the contrary, my lord, the convict turned the center into a scene of a well culturulated massacre which caused an imaginable terror in the community and the country at large.

[00:23:47]My lord, the convict participated in an extremely violent crime.

[00:24:04]We submit your lordship that you are now enjoined with a noble duty to administer a sentence that is commensurate with the crime committed.

[00:24:38]A sentence that must serve.

[00:24:55]an [snorts] equivalent punishment that was occasioned.

[00:25:13]Let's have interpretation.

[00:25:20]for Foreign speech. Foreign speech. Foreign speech.

[00:26:18]James, Romans, My paragraph 18 of the sentencing guidelines.

[00:27:17]The rarest of the rare cases among others include cases where the court is satisfied.

[00:27:39]that the commission of the offense was planned or meticulously premeditated and executed.

[00:28:23]182.

[00:28:42]take and under paragraph 19 paragraph 19 provides for the sentencing ranges in capital offenses such as murder.

[00:29:07]It is provided that in the case of sentence of death, the court shall considering the factors in paragraph 20 and Determine the sentence in accordance with the sentencing range and my lord under paragraph 20 court is required to consider the following factors.

[00:30:40]My lord, the the degree of injury or harm And in nutshell, we submit that this particular crime exhibited the highest degree of cruity as already noted by court.

[00:31:20]The part of the body, the part of the victim's body injured.

[00:31:38]The degree of meticulous premeditation or planning.

[00:31:51]My lord, this particular crime was not committed instantly.

[00:32:07]>> [snorts] >> It never rose in just a state of the moment.

[00:32:19]The convict thought through his actions, planned them very well.

[00:32:32]and intended every consequence of his actions.

[00:32:43]Please repeat that.

[00:32:46]My lord, the convict planned his actions and followed through to the detail, hence intending every consequence of his actions.

[00:33:16]But the person that plans crime in that manner deserves no mercy.

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[00:34:40]My lord, you are also required to consider the use and nature of weapon.

[00:34:52]We submit that a knife is one of the old time most dangerous weapon in human history.

[00:35:20]And a person who applies a knife on another, my lord, deserves no mercy.

[00:36:04]My lord, the Court should consider whether the offender deliberately targeted and caused death of a vulnerable victim.

[00:36:41]All the victims in this case, all the four victims in this case were children under 3 years.

[00:36:54]They were all defenseless miners.

[00:37:04]the most innocent in our communities.

[00:37:11][snorts] My lord, the court should also consider whether the offense was committed in the presence of another person like a child.

[00:38:07]whether the offense was committed in the presence of another person like a child.

[00:38:20]My Lord, the convict never minded the presence of other children and their caretakers.

[00:38:47]The children that witnessed The execution of the form will permanently live with that trauma all through their lives.

[00:39:18]And the same my lord applies to the caretakers and without a doubt the entire GABA community.

[00:39:46]Fore speech.

[00:39:58]for Your lordship we submit that almost all aggravating factors under paragraph 19 are relevant >> 19 or 20 >> are my lord 20 under paragraph 20 are not in favor of the convict and for that reason. My lord, it is our considered submission that there has never been a better case in our recent history.

[00:41:28]to fit within the category of the rarest of the rare.

[00:41:44]An offense that is so aggravated in nature than the present case.

[00:42:13]Get My lord, besides what is set out in the guidelines, we also implore a court to consider other factors that may justify the passing of a this sentence.

[00:43:23]My lord, the convict is an able-bodied man.

[00:43:39]A man by whose age was in the position of a father figure to the victims.

[00:44:02]But my lord, he he chose to deploy his god-given abilities, his energy, his brain and his financial resources.

[00:44:25]In the planning and execution of this crime that ended the chapter of four innocent souls.

[00:44:57]My Lord, we are persuaded [snorts] that a person of the convict's nature is too dangerous to society.

[00:45:20]extremely dangerous that if he is not eliminated or at least permanently incapacitated.

[00:45:43]He will still have the potential to hurt humanity.

[00:46:12]for In addition, my lord, the offense of murder is rampant in our country and my lord, we have looked at the statistics that are publicly available in the annual crime reports published by the Uganda police force.

[00:47:46]My Lord, I say public are available because they are accessible on the police website www.upf.go.ug UG for everyone to check.

[00:48:09]But for purposes of our illustration, my lord, we are we have produced a copy an original copy of the 2025 published annual report uh crime annual report.

[00:48:27]And my lord, you will find that on page 30, if we are to sample out, my lord, how this particular crime has been progressing for the last four years, beginning with 2022, my lord.

[00:49:02]We lost 4,000 and 42 and these are the only only those that are reported 4,042 human beings in 2023 my lord 4,248 humans In 2024, 4,329 human beings killed.

[00:49:42]And my Lord, just last year 2025, we lost 4,28 reported human beings killed.

[00:50:06]My lord, let me just uh conclude then you my lord figures don't lie and to put this in context your lordship from the statistics of our recent census in this country that are also publicly available on the website of the Uganda Bureau of Standards of Uganda Bureau of Statistics website.

[00:50:44]An average village in Uganda is between 500 to 1,000 people.

[00:50:59]Now if we are to take the figure that just happened last year, my lord, what this means is that every year if we are to take the most densely populated village at the tail end of 1,000, my lord, that would mean that Uganda every year is losing Four villages are being extinguished at the hands of murderers every single year.

[00:51:38]I know this is at the high end.

[00:52:00]Uganda.

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[00:53:10]My lord, from where we stand, we believe that one of the possible factors for the rampancy in homicide cases is the lack of punitive sentences.

[00:53:31]from courts of law.

[00:53:42]When sentences are light, there is an incentive to commit crime.

[00:54:01]My Lord, I'm instructed by the DPP to inform court that the only way we can achieve The vision of our calling as per our mandate under article 120 that is to achieve a crimefree Uganda my lord only deterrent sentences can help us achieve this vision on behalf of society.

[00:55:19]My lord, when crime is not punished, people feel it is safe to do wrong.

[00:55:37]My lord, those are not my words.

[00:55:44]It is that is what the Bible says in Ecclesiastes 8 11.

[00:55:57]And I want to end with the remarks of his lordship >> Ecclesiastes 8:11.

[00:56:14]It says, "When a crime is not punished, people feel it is safe to do wrong."

[00:56:25]My Lord, I want to end with the observations that were made by his lordship, Justice Mike Chvita.

[00:56:48]He made these remarks while sentencing a one koka jubi on the 26th of July 20 2012.

[00:57:09]My ro koka jubi was criminal session case number 28 of 2012.

[00:57:20]Case number >> criminal session case number 28 of 2012 when he was passing a sentence for life his lordship says and I quote I want the children of Uganda to go to bed tonight.

[00:58:02]happy in the knowledge that one of their major tormentors is safely locked up.

[00:58:18]My lord, in Koka Juvi, the court sentenced him to life imprisonment for killing one baby.

[00:58:43]The convict before you killed not one my lord but four babies.

[00:58:59]We believe if this court is pleased to issue the highest sentence, our beloved children of this nation.

[00:59:30]will be safer because their tormentor would have been permanently eliminated from saturation.

[01:00:04]My lord, if you are not persuaded to issue the highest sentence of death, At least be pleased to pass a sentence of life imprisonment.

[01:00:49]So that the convict my lord stays behind the bars all his natural life.

[01:00:59]It is only then that our society will be safer without him.

[01:01:20]My lord, these submissions that we have made has summed up and my lord I will stand to be guided. We through our division probation officer.

[01:01:42]He conducted and authored uh victim impact statements and community impact statements which my lord in the interest of time and for the information of report. We have considered and summarized their opinions and they are well reflected in the submissions that we have just made now.

[01:02:34]So my Lord, we so pray and we thank you for the opportunity to submit my Lord.

[01:02:57]Everyone is everywhere.

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[01:05:00]My lord.

[01:05:03]Okay.

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[01:05:48]That's what probation offic.

[01:06:26]statement.

[01:06:40]>> No, my lord, just to correct the slip of the tongue, my colleague tells me I submitted life imprisonment, but I meant life in prison. Imprisonment for life.

[01:06:52]>> Imprisonment for life. So it's Yeah.

[01:06:55]Most of that.

[01:07:04]>> Thank you so much, Mr. Let me hear from the probation officer before I turn to the other side. Please know your name, sir.

[01:07:14]Uh >> yes, my lord. My name is Peter Mayanger.

[01:07:20]I am a probation and social welfare officer.

[01:07:25]I work with the campala capital city authority and I sorry match in the division.

[01:07:40]>> Okay. Who did you contact in this case?

[01:07:44]I spoke with the parents of the deceased.

[01:07:50]I also spoke with the grandparents and I also spoke with the area chairpersons and I also spoke with a few community members.

[01:08:20]Okay. Those two few community members were informed by what? How did you make the make the selection of who to ask?

[01:08:28]>> Uh the chairman took me around and informed me that uh these our community members and that uh you can also ask them about the incident.

[01:08:43]and how it traumatized them.

[01:08:53]But all of them, my lord, they were in great shock.

[01:09:14]And they all informed me that they never seen anything like this in their community and they requested for the highest punishment. My Lord.

[01:09:55]Thank you very much. I would like to see the the parents of these children.

[01:10:02]I just confirm from you that uh what the prosecutor has told the court uh represents your feelings and your request to the court as well.

[01:10:20]Let me have a she is she here? No, >> my lord. She's not, but her family is here. I think she could not take it.

[01:10:34]They had to take her to the >> Okay.

[01:10:37]>> You have the father here.

[01:10:44]>> Okay. Uh, you heard what the prosecutor said. Does it represent your what you would like to communicate to court?

[01:11:13]Okay.

[01:11:15]Madame, good evening.

[01:11:18]>> Good evening to you.

[01:11:19]>> What's your name?

[01:11:21]>> Jennifer.

[01:11:22]>> You are a sister to >> Yes.

[01:11:25]>> Okay. You had one.

[01:11:28]>> Okay.

[01:11:29]>> The prosecutor asked on behalf of your families that lost your children that um this court should give the highest sentence. Is that what you think should happen?

[01:11:46]>> Yes.

[01:11:48]>> Yes.

[01:11:49]>> Okay. Okay. Let me hear from the the father of the late Kisha.

[01:12:02]>> Has the prosecutor represented you well?

[01:12:04]The prosecutor and the possession officer?

[01:12:07]>> Yes. Yes, we are satisfied with that.

[01:12:10]>> Okay.

[01:12:10]>> Yes.

[01:12:11]>> And the father of the late Ignicious.

[01:12:14]>> Yes, my lord. We're satisfied with that.

[01:12:17]>> Okay.

[01:12:18]>> Where is the father of the late Ryan?

[01:12:21]Uh I think he has left. I don't know why.

[01:12:24]>> Okay.

[01:12:25]>> Okay. Fine. You can go back and see.

[01:12:28]>> Thank you.

[01:12:30]>> I will now turn to the accused. Before I go to your council, this is your time to speak to the court, [clears throat] Mr. Mr. Oko. Um you have committed crime crimes and those crimes according to the law the maximum punishment for that crime is death and the prosecutor prosecutor has asked the court to give you the maximum.

[01:13:29]But before I pronounce myself to hear from you what you have in your favor, why I should not give you the maximum sentence which it did.

[01:14:02]You don't have to remove a mask. You keep your mask on because we we are so many people and we may get infections. Don't keep your mask on.

[01:14:20]Why shouldn't I pass a death sentence?

[01:14:34]Um, Are you going to tell me why I shouldn't pass a death sentence?

[01:15:05]>> No. No, my lord. I I I I I I'm I'm not I'm not I'm not going to say something today.

[01:15:10]>> You don't want to say anything?

[01:15:16]>> Do you want to say something?

[01:15:19]Um, >> no, no, my lord. I >> You don't even want to apologize to Uganda.

[01:15:40]Should I tell you that you don't have anything to say?

[01:16:03]>> Yes. Yes, my lord. I don't have anything to say.

[01:16:16]Okay. Then I can now hear from your lawyers. Who is addressing the court?

[01:16:26]on my nose.

[01:16:42]Yes, Mr. Willow. Please proceed.

[01:16:45]My lord, we as defense we applaud this honorable court for respecting and upholding the the convict's right to a full trial. We do appreciate and we appreciate the community for their patience and holding on to their patience until this time.

[01:17:35]children are angels.

[01:17:37]And in the Bible, Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me.

[01:18:07]Hello people.

[01:18:11]I'm requested by the judge. Please please you just listen because the moment you begin laughing and talking you are disrupting the the people here. Kindly just listen.

[01:18:38]We pray that the souls of the children rest in peace and we speak healing to the community.

[01:19:06]As state brief advocates, the constitution gives us the mandate to represent any person who has committed a capital offense and cannot afford a lawyer.

[01:19:43]And we do this such that the court reaches [clears throat] a body and justice prevails.

[01:20:11]Please interpret.

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[01:21:25]>> [clears throat] >> My lord, in mitigation under paragraph 21 F of the sentencing guidelines, The convict is a first offender with no previous conviction.

[01:22:08]Oh, no. Relevant or recent conviction.

[01:22:33]My Lord, the convict suffers from sick cell and paragraph 21.

[01:23:08]The convict can be still productive to the community.

[01:23:12]seen him buy land in No Moya district to farm.

[01:23:41]Under paragraph 60, it's our duty to inform the court about the of social background. We shall give what we know.

[01:24:17]The covert comes from a broken dysfunctional family.

[01:24:37]Even the children do not talk to each other. The siblings do not talk to each other.

[01:24:54]This social vi this social vibe eats deep in the family and broken and dysfunctional families always leads to broken and dysfunctional people.

[01:25:21]And as a society, we need to work hard and see that this that every family that is broken and dysfunctional gets back together. But this can only be done if we come together as a society.

[01:25:52]Finally, my Lord, we pray that the period the convict has spent on remand to be taken into account.

[01:26:27]On the punishment, we trust the dishonorable court shall come up with a fair and just sentence.

[01:26:44]We so pray.

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[01:28:27]Get soiet.

[01:29:14]Mr. Ko, before I finally pronounce myself on your sentence, do you still insist you have nothing to tell this court?

[01:29:32]Do you feel you still have nothing to share this quote?

[01:29:51]I take it. You have nothing.

[01:29:53]>> Yes. Yes, mate. I I I um I I I don't have anything to say.

[01:30:29]Okay, this is the sentence and the reasons for it.

[01:30:36]The the convict has been convicted of an offense or offenses in four counts and each count carries a maximum death penalty.

[01:30:49]The death penalty is the maximum.

[01:30:54]We have the sentencing guidelines which you had the lawyers quoting and this is the constitutional sentencing guidelines for quotes of judicature practice directions 2013 and these guidelines uh offer guidance on what uh offense what sentences should be given for particular offenses.

[01:31:23]for an offense of murder. These guidelines offer what is a starting point. Starting point is like the middle point and the starting point for the offense of murder for which the convict has been convicted.

[01:31:46]The starting point is 35 years in prison. or 35 years imprisonment.

[01:31:54]What did I say is a starting point? From the starting point, you can either go up to death or you can come downwards depending on the aggravating factors and the mitigating factors.

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[01:32:48]Come here.

[01:33:05]Okay.

[01:33:24]From 35. You can either go up or come down depending on what convinces you between the factors aggravating the sentence and those mitigating the sentence.

[01:34:00]Are the council for the state or the prosecutor has um submitted or provided what he believes are the factors that aggravate these offenses that would call for the maximum sentence which is death.

[01:34:41]The summary of his submission was that the offense was committed in a very cruel manner.

[01:34:52]The injuries that were or the children sustained were indeed grave.

[01:34:58]They were attacked from their safest place.

[01:35:03]And the person who attacked them was fit to be their father. And instead of protecting them, he murdered them in a very gruesome and brutal manner.

[01:35:52]He also stated that this offense um brought terror not only to the families of the victims but to the community of Gaba and to the nation at According to him, this crime falls in the category that is known as or referred to as the realest of the rare, thereby calling for the very maximum sentence which is death.

[01:36:48]He gave statistics and said that murder murders or the killing of persons unlawful killing of persons is on the increase And if it is not uh addressed every year we are losing about four villages in such kind of crimes.

[01:37:14]And he also said it is highly likely that because the crime is not punished as much that is why uh it has gone on and become more prevalent.

[01:37:31]against Okay. Um, the accused person in mitigation, we the court asked him to say something in mitigation, but he chose to keep quiet.

[01:38:34]However, his lawyer, Miss Sah Ao, of course, first brought condolences and a prayer for healing for this land because of what happened and went ahead to mitigate on behalf of the convict.

[01:39:17]for under paragraph 17 of the guideline sentencing guidelines.

[01:39:38]It provides that uh the court may only pass a sentence of death in exceptional circumstances in the royalist of the rare cases where the alternative of imprisonment for life or other custodial sentence is demonstrabably inadequate.

[01:40:23]And the rarest of the rare cases is um described under paragraph 18 to include cases is where the court is satisfied that the commission of the offense was planned or meticulously premeditated and executed.

[01:41:01]Whatever.

[01:41:14]I have taken into account the submissions made by Miss Sarah Aello on behalf of the convict to the effect that the convict's family is broken and dysfunctional and he's also um a dysfunctional person and I am supposed to weigh that against the aggravating factors which the prosecution raised. Please.

[01:42:08]While uh passing the judgment, I emphasized how gruesome and brutal and heinous this offense was.

[01:42:22]And not only are the families of the deceased children still grieving, but the entire nation of Uganda still grieves at the loss of four innocent souls whose destinies were cut short by the barbaric actions of the convict on the second day of April 2026.

[01:42:51]forchech.

[01:42:54][clears throat] I have considered the fact that they convict meticulously with a lot of sophistication planned and premeditated this offense.

[01:44:02]I have considered the fact that the convict attacked defenseless innocent children who as an who depend on adults for their protection and survival.

[01:44:43]I have also considered that he was He targeted them in their defenseless state and went ahead to slaughter them as animals.

[01:45:14]And I have also considered the fact that He attacked during broad daylight and had no fear, no shame, no consideration for human life.

[01:45:37]also considered that if he was not apprehended, who knows he would have killed more than four.

[01:45:55]the fact that when he was committing this offense, other people were watching the caretakers, the coordinator.

[01:46:06]Meanwhile, these are the people that had actually earlier alone shown him kindness.

[01:46:28]by allowing to admit his alleged child when it was even he the age was beyond what they take at the center.

[01:46:48]I have also considered that the convict has not shown any remorse at all.

[01:47:06]because uh I would at least have expected an apology from him to the families of of the babies who he hacked and and slaughtered like chicken and goats.

[01:47:31]I realize he does not even imagine how those families are living without their children.

[01:47:49]I'm sure he watched the mother of Gideon collapse or faint as she testified.

[01:47:56]He must have known that she's going through something that she may never hear from, but he chose not to apologize.

[01:48:21]I have considered what this offense, the impact it has had to the families that lost their babies.

[01:48:31]The 2nd of April, 2026 to them was like any other day. They drop their children to school only to find dead bodies.

[01:49:05]that pain. Uh only God will help them to heal.

[01:49:13]I have considered uh the statement that the convict um comes from a dysfunctional family and it is broken.

[01:49:26]But I do not believe that should be reason for someone to find other people's children and then slaughters them masslessly.

[01:50:01]I've also considered his that he did not kill these children for human sacrifice.

[01:50:14]But I am inclined to believe that that was the reason because that is what he informed or he told Dr. because I would have I would find no reason why someone would rise up or leave their homes early morning to come and slaughter children who are in their safe space at school.

[01:51:21]That is why I'm convinced that this was for ritual purposes, blood sacrifice for young children.

[01:51:43]I agree and I I agree with the prosecution that this case or these offenses fall in the rarest of the rare.

[01:52:06]Like the probation officer informed the court that when he made inquiries, they said this kind of thing had never happened for four children to be killed just in a very short time by one person.

[01:52:40]Having said that, the convict must be given a sentence that will not only speak to him but also to those friends of his whose identities he refused to disclose.

[01:52:57]And any other person in this country who believes in sacrificing blood for wealth.

[01:53:30]and let them know that it is highly risky because they will be found like Mr. Kell was found and they will not escape the long arm of the law.

[01:53:52]In light of the above, I have found no reason why I should not sentence Mr. Oo with the maximum sentence.

[01:54:14]I hereby sentence him to suffer death for the murder of a Gideon in count one.

[01:54:25]Kesha again wrote Oim in count two.

[01:54:29]Serang Ignicious in count three and Odan in count four in a manner authorized by law.

[01:55:04]and Mr. Mr. Oello, you have a right of appeal.

[01:55:09]You have a right of appeal against the conviction of this court. Both the conviction and the sentence. This you should do within 14 days from today.

[01:55:21]appeal to the court of appeal and that that is the order of the Just like the chocolate.

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