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Man jailed 18 years for killing woman and her 2-year-old child
Thursday May 06 2021
Alex Ocen at Lira High Court premises before pleading guilty to the offences on May 5, 2021. PHOTO | ISAAC OTWII
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The convict Alex Ocen and his nine accomplices appeared before the court on Wednesday for sentencing after opting for a plea bargain.
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The High Court in Lira has sentenced a 21-year-old man to 18 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to killing a woman and her 2-year-old child following a land dispute in Aromo Sub County, Lira District.
The convict Alex Ocen and his nine accomplices appeared before the court on Wednesday for sentencing after opting for a plea bargain.
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Wednesday March 10 2021
Joel Opio, who suffers from nodding disease, with his family at their home in Telela dam, Aromo Sub-county, in Lira District on February 26. PHOTO/ ISAAC OTWII.
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Twenty-year-old Joel Opio lies helpless on a mat inside a dilapidated grass-thatched hut at Telela dam home Village, Barpii Parish, Aromo Sub-county in Lira District.
It is 2pm, and Opio has not moved out of his bed since sunrise. With the support of his mother, he comes out to take a sun bath and talks to visitors. Both his hands and legs have been paralysed as a result of prolonged illness.