Buganda Road Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu has set the March 10th, 2017 to deliver the judgment in a two year old case where former Old Kampala DPC Joram Mwesigye is accused of assaulting a WBS TV journalist Andrew Lwanga.
Defense counsel Obed Mwebesa’s today informed court that he had no more witnesses to put to the stand after their fourth witness failed to show up today as expected.
After his submission, the trial magistrate instructed prosecution to forward its submissions not later than the 6th February and also the defense to forward to court their counter submissions not later than the 20th February.
Prosecution alleges that on 12th January 2015 along Florina Bar and Restaurant on Namirembe road, DPC Mwesigye assaulted Lwanga while covering news of the Unemployed Youth who were heading to Naguru police Headquarters to meet IGP Kale Kayihura, and caused him bodily harm.
It is further alleged that Mwesigye maliciously damaged a Panasonic video camera of another journalist from Bukedde TV Joseph Settimba on top of ripping his khaki trouser.